IF01186
Disable Automatic Restart to Read Vista Blue Screen Messages.
Sometimes an error occurs on
your machine and you are immediately hit by a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). The
only problem is the screen flashes by so quickly you rarely get to see what may
have caused the error in the first place. To the layman the information on the
screen may as well be in a foreign language but, in a number of cases, to a
technician the all important 'scrambled numbers and letters' can mean the difference between
locating your problem or complete disaster. By disabling the automatically
restart on system failure feature, you are able to read what messages appear on
the blue screen and can, if necessary, pass the information on to your
technical
support person.
1. Click
Start button.
2. From Start menu Click
Control panel.
3. In Control Panel Click
the System icon.
4. In the System Window look
on the Left hand side of the window and you will see a list of options. Click on
the Advanced System Settings option.
5. Because Computer
management requires administrative privileges you may find the
User Account
Control will pop up. If it does then enter the required information (if you are
not the administrator) or, if you are the administrator, click the Continue
button.
6. In the Advanced Settings
window look for the Startup and Recovery section and then Click the Settings
button.
7. In the Startup and
recovery window look for the section marked System failure and remove the 'tick'
mark from the 'Automatically Restart' option. Now press the OK button.
8. Finally click the OK
button on the System properties Window and then close the system window.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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