Never See a Blue Screen of Death Again

Are you tired of seeing the dreaded 'Blue Screen of Death'? Well then, read this article. Your computer will restart instead of showing the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.

Steps

Windows Vista

  1. Open the start menu.
  2. Right-click Computer.
  3. Select Properties.
  4. Select Advanced system settings. If prompted, click continue.
  5. Select the Advanced tab.
  6. Click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
  7. Check the Automatically restart checkbox.
  8. Click OK on both windows.

Windows XP

  1. Open the start menu.
  2. Right-click My Computer.
  3. Select Properties.
  4. Click the Advanced tab, in the window labeled System Properties.
  5. Click the Settings button, in Startup and Recovery.
  6. In the new window labeled Startup and Recovery, look for a heading labeled System Failure.
  7. Check the box labeled Automatically Restart.
  8. Click OK on both windows.

Preventing BSoD by Preventing Errors

A common misconception is that the blue screen IS the error. This is not true. The blue screen is simply an error message that tells you what happened. Whatever happened, happened before the computer showed the message and rebooted. To prevent the errors that might cause a blue screen, read on.

  1. Run a virus scan. A common cause of serious computer failure is a computer virus. Running a scan will find the virus and delete it.
  2. Install all Windows and hardware updates. Errors in your applications are usually caught by windows and may display an error message in a dialogue box. A BSoD indicates a low level error. Such errors indicate a problem with hardware, the hardware drivers, or windows itself. Particular software applications may use resources in a new way that triggers underlying problems, but it's not the application's fault. These underlying problems are sometimes bugs that get fixed in later updates.
  3. Uninstall unnecessary applications. Unnecessary applications, especially those you have not used in a while, can slow down your computer, by wasting disk space and registry entries.
  4. Never clean (or wipe, sanitize, defragment, or optimize) the registry. Using a basic registry cleaner, such as Piriform CCleaner, to clean your computer's registry can cause damage to the registry. Cleaning unnecessary entries, such as registry entries made by uninstalled programs is pointless.
  5. Stop heavy multitasking. If you have many windows open, close a few, especially if they are web browsers. Web browsers, office applications, or computer games, tend to eat up memory, so be sure to only have a few of them open at a time, especially if you have less than 2 gigabytes of memory.
  6. Don't change settings you don't understand. One of the biggest ways to prevent a fatal error is by not changing important settings, especially if you don't know what they mean. This means avoiding the registry, system properties, and not modifying system files.
  7. Make sure you have enough RAM for any applications you install. This is an important step especially with computer games. You should at least double the minimum RAM of most applications, especially high end games. When you don't, your computer could run out of virtual memory and crash.
  8. Avoid websites. Certain web pages could harm your computer. Be sure to avoid certain sites, such as untrusted mass download sites, flashing ads that try to get you to claim a prize or answer a question, or profanity. The list is much larger, but these are just a few examples.
  9. Switch to a more stable operating system. Try a flavor of Linux. Ubuntu is pretty friendly to new users.

Tips

  • Reminder: Your computer will RESTART instead of showing the dreaded BSoD.
  • This doesn't work on SP3, so if you have SP3, revert to SP2 if you want to use this.
  • In the task manager, do not end the csrss.exe process. It will force a blue screen.

Warnings

  • When the blue screen shows, your computer is simply showing a message to let you know that it is rebooting due to a fatal error. Changing these settings does not prevent your computer from having errors that cause it to reboot, it simply prevents it from showing the error screen. By changing this setting, you could be missing out on vital information for when your computer does have a serious problem.
  • Don't mess around in these settings too much. It could harm your computer.

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