If you’re encountering a “screen of death,” in blue or black variety , it’s safe to say that something’s gone wrong. It could be any number of issues, but on the chance that there’s something wrong with your memory hardware, Windows 11 will soon prompt you to run a memory scan via Windows Memory Diagnostics after it recovers. The feature is now in testing.

“We’re introducing a new feature that helps improve system reliability,” says the Windows Insider Blog (spotted by Bleeping Computer ). The memory scan prompt will appear via a notification, and it’s dismissible if you know that the crash was caused by something else. That’s a good thing since a full memory scan requires a reboot and a few minutes where your PC isn’t accessible. If you’re using an ARM-based device or using Bitlock

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