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Blue Screen Error Message Disappears

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by jvnablack

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I have been getting a blue screen in Win 2K, followed immediately by a reboot. The blue screen stays up for less than a second, so I am unable to read the error message. Is is possible to make the blue screen stay in place until I get a chance to read the error message?

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by timwalsh

By default, Win2k systems are configured to automatically reboot upon system failure. A BSOD indicates a system failure.

To change this behavior, Go to Control Panel | System properties | Advanced tab | Startup and Recovery button. Uncheck the box labeled "Automatically reboot."

Once you change this the BSOD will remain on the screen until you manually reset the computer (Ctrl-Alt-Del will NOT work).

by jvnablack

Thank you for the pointers. I am a liitle closer, I think, to solving this.

The 'Automatically Reboot' box in Control Panel is already unchecked, but the BSOD still disappears. That may be happening because of the type of error. Save Dump entries in the system log show that each of these errors has stop code '7f' and trap code '08', which the Microsoft Knowledge Base calls a double fault, that is, a second failure when trying to recover from the first failure. Next step is read the minidumps. I downloaded an MS program to help with that.

Thanks again for your help.

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