Disable automatic restart

Windows 9x handle critical errors by showing Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). But starting from Windows XP, the default setting is for the computer to reboot automatically when a fatal error occurs. The good news is that you can control how it responds to certain critical errors.

You can disable the automatic settings as follow:

• 1. Right click on My Computer, Choose Properties
• 2. Then go to Advanced tab and click Settings under Startup and Recovery
• 3. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK.
• 4. After that you’ll need to restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

The question is why would you want to do that? Well, you can see the error dialog box as long as you want when it happens. So, maybe you could figure out where the problem comes from or you can call your geek friend with the necessary info.

Source : Microsoft Help

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