somebody please help stop automatic restart on vista after blue screen

[maj0rgamer]

hello folks;

 

been trying to play a game and have had about five bsod's...

 

trouble is, havn't been able to read the info on the screen after the bsod because of the automatic restart on vista, which is almost immediate.

 

 

have already gone to system properties and unchecked the box for automatically restart and still the system restarts (although the blue screen info is there for a brief time before the restart after the un-check)...

 

what gives?

 

anybody had this problem?

 

thanks

Edited September 16, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer

[road-runner]

I took a picture of mine one time so I could see what it said....

[maj0rgamer]

what, with a camera?

 

don't think a screen shot will work after a system crash

 

gonna try to see if getting a pic with a cell phone will work, thanks for the idea.

 

 

anybody else got any ideas or options on how to get rid of this restart problem?

 

just want the screen to stay on the blue screen info and simply restart manually.

Edited September 16, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer

[fire_storm]

This should answer your question well.

 

http://www.internetfixes.com/vista_tips/IF01186.htm

[maj0rgamer]

thanks...

 

heading over to check out that link.

 

edit: already done that actually, somebody please share any other ideas.

Edited September 16, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer

[Katas]

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Try that program

[ocre]

This should answer your question well.

 

http://www.internetfixes.com/vista_tips/IF01186.htm

 

Thats it. There isnt much else to do. When that mark is unchecked the blue screen stays until you press reset. you could check your event log (type "eve" in start menu search) for clues, make sure you havent unchecked the box that tells it to write the event, its in the same location as menchioned in the link from fire_storm.

Also make sure the kernal memory dump is checked, that could give you some extra time to read it too.

[maj0rgamer]

that's the problem though, the blue screen doesn't stay until resetting...

 

any idea why?

 

thanks for the tip on the event log, might be able to get some info through it

Edited September 16, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer

[WhenKittensATK]

edit nm. You've already tried it.

 

Have you tried enabling mini-dump and uploading it to specialty sites?

Edited September 17, 2009 by Krazyxazn

[Katas]

Try using that program I linked. it will give you the error code and file causing the issue.

 

Edit: basically it parses the dump log for you.

Edited September 17, 2009 by Katas

[maj0rgamer]

thanks katas...

 

weary of downloading programs from unknown sites though.

 

have you used the program?

 

 

@krazyxazn

 

thinking mini-dump is enabled, but havn't ever used any specialty sites like that before...

 

got any suggestions?

Edited September 17, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer

[Katas]

yeah, i use a lot of programs from that site. haven't had any issues with them. a lot are actually pretty useful.

Edited September 17, 2009 by Katas