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Tweak Name: No restart on BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)
File Type: Registry File
Download: norebootBSOD.reg
Ever since XP came out BSODs have been reduced but still happen so many times it’s not even funny. Unfortunately out of the box Windows is configured to restart as soon as it encounters a blue screen. Of course this means that you don’t have any time to read what the blue screen actually says…and how can you fix the problem if you can’t even read the error?
This registry file tells windows to NOT restart when it hits a blue screen. Instead it will display the blue screen until you choose to restart. Handy, eh?
You can either modify the registry yourself using the information below or use the handy .reg file I created listed above.
Registry location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
Change the value of the”AutoReboot” key to “0.”
Hope that helps.
March 16th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
might be handier if disclosing the full key value instead of just it’s last digit. Also, disclosing how anyone could possibly ‘restart’ while a BSOD is displayed (and all controls except power button are disafforded), as such the supposedly ‘hard booting’ assures deletion of the event log entry (or so I understand things).