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XP PC infrequent crashes!

Recently my XP PC started to crash for no apparent reason? I get blue screen with lots of funny numbers and text but before I could read and try to make some sense out of it, pc reboots itself. I appreciate it would hard to pinpoint a reason for crash but thought would be helpful if I could somehow have the option to read the blue screen with white text?
Does anyone know if that ‘crash info’ is recorded on the PC for later retrieval? Is there any self diagnostic software available which could help me to the cause of the crash?
Thanks guys in advance!
cheers

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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Flying windows key + Pause, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery button, Uncheck "Automatically restart" then OK. This should allow you to make a note of the error message and google for info. You may find some useful info in the Event Log - Right click Manage, Event Viewer on My Computer.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • mandm65
    mandm65 Posts: 556 Forumite
    thanks for that mate, also found a registry hack which increased the time message displayed!
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