14th January 1999

NT users should love this tip: Beware the Blue Screen of Death! It's something we've all feared for many years (especially sysadmins). Now, normally, your computer's operations will be halted when the BSOD appears--until you reboot. With this Registry hack, you can force NT to automatically reboot after a BSOD crash! Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > CrashControl > AutoReboot and set the value to "1" (without the quotes). NT will now reboot when the BSOD appears (after appending the crash log file).