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Windows crashes are something we have all dealt with, but why wait for a system failure when you can cause it yourself. Today I learned how to cause a blue screen of death (BSOD) at will. My first attempt to crash the computer was an endless loop in C, but that was taking waaay too long to crash the computer. Then I found directions for a Windows registry hack that allows the user to cause the BSOD any time they want. Here are the steps from tweakxp.com:

1. Start regedit. (If you are unfamiliar with regedit, please do not attempt this hack)
2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
3. Create a new DWORD value and name it CrashOnCtrlScroll
4. Right-click on this newly created value and click on Modify
5. Enter 1 in the Value data field and click on OK.
6. Close regedit and reboot your system.
7. Now you can blue screen (crash) your system by holding the right CTRL key and pressing “Scroll Lock” twice.

Note: Your system may reboot or show a blue screen whenever this crash is initiated. If your system reboots after initiating the crash, and you want to see the blue screen, follow these steps:

1. Go to Control Panel > System
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Under System failure, uncheck the option Automatically restart.

Tags: windows

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