Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\CrashControl
Name: AutoReboot
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 enable
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- Set server to AutoReboot rather than BSOD
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- Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base
- Section(s): Booting, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous
- Published on Apr 20, 2004.
- Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
- Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 based on 5 votes.
Windows NT and Windows 2000 do occasionally crash. When this happens, your server generates a BSOD and waits for an administrator to reboot it. It probably more effective have the server write a crash log file and reboot. Assuming the crash was not caused by a hardware failure or fatal bug, then your server will reboot and be processing requests quickly. To have your server automatically reboot rather than generating a BSOD, apply the following registy hack:
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