Draft:Microsoft Windows NT (Error Screens)

1st Screen (June 9, 1993-May 14, 2001)
Visuals:

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Depends on the situation. Most of the time, it's either the computer audio freezing or stuttering. Sometimes none, especially when there's no audio playing before the error screen.

Availability:

2nd Screen (May 23, 2001-November 10, 2010)
Visuals:

Variant: Windows Server 2012 build 7788 to Windows 8 build 7880 have the text in a higher resolution.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as before.

Availability: The screen was first used for Windows XP, and was reused for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

3rd Screen (December 9, 2010-June 23, 2011)
Visuals: On a black background, a message reads "Your computer needs to restart." Below that is smaller text saying "It encountered a problem and will restart automatically."

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as before.

Availability: This screen was seen on Windows 8 builds 7899 to 8032.

4th Screen (July 23, 2011-)
Visuals:
 * Windows 8 (builds 8045 and 8056): On a black background, a sad emoticon face is seen on the left side of the screen. Below is a message reading:

Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn't handle, and now it needs to restart.

Below is a small text showing "You can search for the error online:" along with an error code that resulted in the crash, and a bigger text showing "It'll restart in:" along with how much time it will wait for this to restart.
 * Windows 8 (builds 8061-8155): Same as builds 8045 and 8056, but the background is now blue instead of black.
 * Windows 8 (build 8161): Same as builds 8061-8155, but below the error message is replaced with:

If you'd like to know more, you can search for the error online later: It's collecting error info and will restart in: 
 * Windows 8 (build 8250): Same as build 8161, but the error message is replaced with "Your computer ran into a problem that it couldn't handle, and now it needs to restart." Also, the looking for error text is replaced with "If you'd like to know more, you can search online later for this code: ".
 * Windows 8-10 (pre-1607): Same as build 8250, but the error message is replaced with "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for you. ( % complete)" Also, the looking for error text is replaced with "If you'd like to know more, you can search online later for this error: ", how much time will it wait for it to restart text is removed, and the background is lighter.
 * Windows 10 (builds 1607-1909): Same as above, except, the background is much lighter, and the error message is replaced with "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you." Below, including the percentage of how much it needs to be completed, replaces the looking for an error text is replaced with a QR code along with the text "For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit https://www.windows.com/stopcode", with the text below is "If you call a support person, give them this info: Stop code: ."
 * Windows 10 (builds 2004 and later builds): Same as above but the error message is replaced with the same message from Windows 8-10 (pre-1607).
 * Windows 11 (build 22000.51): Same as above, except the background is now black, just like the color they have for the builds 8061-8155. The QR code, however, remains blue.
 * Windows 11 (builds 22000.346) and onwards: Same as build 22000.51, except the background is again, albeit a darker shade of color.

Variants:
 * On Windows Insider builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11, the background is.
 * On Windows Server versions, same as since build 8250 (except for build 1607-1909), including Windows Insider variants, but the sad emoticon is removed.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: Same as before.

Availability: This screen was first seen on Windows 8 build 8045.