"You mean you want to crash Windows?"
Windows-XP has a "feature" (???) with which it is possible to manually crash a system by simply holding the right CTRL key and pressing the "Scroll Lock" key twice. This feature can be turned on by the following steps:
1. Start regedit. (If you are unfamiliar with regedit, don't do this.)
2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSetServicesi8042prt\Parameters
3. Create a new DWORD value and name it CrashOnCtrlScroll
4. Right-click on this newly created value and click on Modify
5. Enter 1 in the Value data field and click on OK.
6. Close regedit and reboot your system.
7. Now you can blue screen (crash) your system by holding the right CTRL key and pressing "Scroll Lock" twice.
Note:
Your system may reboot or show a blue screen whenever this crash is initiated. If your system reboots after initiating the crash, and you want to see the blue screen, follow these steps:
1. Go to Control Panel > System
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Under System failure, uncheck the option Automatically restart.
Happy crashing...
1. Start regedit. (If you are unfamiliar with regedit, don't do this.)2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSetServicesi8042prt\Parameters
3. Create a new DWORD value and name it CrashOnCtrlScroll
4. Right-click on this newly created value and click on Modify
5. Enter 1 in the Value data field and click on OK.
6. Close regedit and reboot your system.
7. Now you can blue screen (crash) your system by holding the right CTRL key and pressing "Scroll Lock" twice.
Note:
Your system may reboot or show a blue screen whenever this crash is initiated. If your system reboots after initiating the crash, and you want to see the blue screen, follow these steps:
1. Go to Control Panel > System
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Under System failure, uncheck the option Automatically restart.
Happy crashing...
posted by Rik at 2/07/2006 03:03:00 pm
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Alternatively, you can see the Blue Screen of Death just by utilising the following course of action:
1. Use your computer normally.
Gah! I was going to say wot Scary said...
*sulk*
Rik: Have inserted a forced line break in this piece to stop the blog from breaking.
Why, was it breaking?
Yes.
The "Navigate to" line was too long and forcing the side bar to the bottom.
Heh. Bottom.
Tee hee. Scary said bottom.
Southerngirl: Yeah and no software, support, upgradeability or money left over.
So ner.
I get the blue screen of death much more easily and frequently at work.
I generally say Bottom.
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