How to Force a Blue Screen in Windows
Often, you'd never ever want to see a blue screen. Even so, you can force one to happen at any time Windows is loaded. But sometimes, you want a blue screen, like when your 6-year old sister is listening to some Disney songs on your PC and want it to stop. Here's how:
[edit] Steps
- Boot up your PC.
- Load windows in ADMINISTRATOR mode, a standard account (limited) will not work because you're modifying the system registry.
- Open the Registry Editor. To do this press Windows-R (hold down Windows and press R) and enter (without the quotes) "regedit" and click OK.
- In the left column in the Registry Editor, click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Services, then i8042prt, then Parameters (for the geeks, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters).
- Click Edit -> New -> DWORD Value or DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Call the new value (without the quotes) "CrashOnCtrlScroll".
- Change the value to 1 (0x00000001)
- Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
- Hold down the right Control key then press the Scroll Lock key twice, then a blue screen should pop up.
[edit] Tips
- This will work even if the system's running very slow or you can move the cursor but nothing works.
[edit] Warnings
- Make sure you are editing the right path. Doing so may cause stability problems or even prevent you from booting in the first place.
- Also, do not edit anything else or you risk ruining something if you don't know what you're doing.
- You need to be running Windows 2000, XP, or Vista. Windows Me or earlier will NOT work.
