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I got a Blue Screen Of Death on reboot.
Where are events like this logged on Windows XP and how can I view the history of the BSODs?
user39966
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
Reputation: 389
Where are Blue Screen of Death events logged on Windows XP and how can I view the history of them?
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Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
Alistair
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
Reputation: 202
1Same for Windows 10. – zygimantus – 2018-05-25T19:11:04.307
3Win+R -> type eventvwr -> ENTER :) – 0xC0000022L – 2011-11-25T18:32:32.787
18A description of where to check for events causing the BSOD would be relevant. – Norswap – 2013-08-25T10:42:26.847
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BlueScreenView by Nirsoft is a much better solution than Event Viewer; Event Viewer does work, but this provides the information in a better format and much faster.
JohannesM
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
Reputation: 822
If you haven't tried BlueScreenView before check it out - I was incredibly surprised. I ran it and it pretty much told me straight out which 1 of my drivers was the problem on the first screen – JumpingJezza – 2016-12-13T02:01:29.120
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In Windows XP/2000/NT4, sort the System event log by the 'Source' heading. Look for an event source of SaveDump. In Vista/7/8 look for BugCheck. There will be a status code that you can look up, such as 0xC0000050. Change the C to a 0 before searching it on the web.
Robert Fulton
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
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If you have your pc set to capture minidumps, you can try Who Crashed, it automates looking for some of the common causes of BSODs.
Millhouse
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
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If the event log doesn't help (which it often doesn't for BSODs), and you're feeling adventurous, you can also set your system to automatically save a minidump of the crahs, and then use WinDBG to determine exactly what caused it. See http://elliottback.com/wp/how-to-analyze-windows-xp-bsod-minidump-files/ for an example
Jimmy
Posted 2010-06-02T15:47:12.410
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See also http://superuser.com/questions/42386/pc-blue-screens-and-then-instantly-reboots-how-do-i-stop-this-or-find-the-error
– ChrisF – 2011-11-25T17:11:31.940