What to do when Windows restarts continuously with a blue screen?

You turn on the PC only to encounter a sudden error of blue screen. What more, your PC restarts and this leaves your perplexed and frustrated. The user obviously does not know how to encounter this particular problem.

You are facing the blue screen of death where the screen keeps showing a blank blue screen. The user is not able to do much as the commands that keep popping on the screen seem gibberish. At this moment the most viable solution seems to take the PC to a nearby repair center. But wait, there is a better option. Call for an online computer support and get this issue resolved instantly. However before calling for online tech support you should be able to know what are the possible causes or conditions behind it.

This error of windows restart and blue screen can occur due to the following:

• A fatal system error (STOP error) causes the computer to stop
• The Automatically Reboot option is enabled under Recovery on the Startup/Shutdown tab in the System properties
  Note: In Windows Server 2000, the Automatically Reboot option is enabled in the Startup and Recovery dialog box. This dialog box appears after you click the Startup and Recovery button on the Advanced tab in the System properties.
• The Windows paging file is smaller than the amount of physical memory installed in the computer or there is insufficient free space on the system hard disk to write the error dump file (Memory.dmp).

This article will guide you to take appropriate steps to modify the registry. However, you must remember that if any of the given steps is done incorrectly then this might seriously damage your system. So, it is advisable to seek the help of premium computer support.

Note: For this article we have used Windows 2000 system.

Following steps should be taken to make the necessary changes:

1. Install Windows to a different folder
2. Run Regedt32.exe from the new installation of Windows, and then go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key
3. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive, and then open the System file in the original Windows installation location. By default, this installation is located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System
4. Enter a name when you receive a prompt for a key name in the Load Hive window. This loads the original HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive as a subkey of the current key
5. Change the value data in the AutoReboot value to 0 (zero), instead of 1, in the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl

6. Collapse the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subkey and unload the hive.

Taking these steps will help disable the auto reboot option in the original Windows installation. This will also help get information that will enable in resolving the problem further. If you are unable to follow the steps mentioned above then it is about time to seek technical help from a company offering premium computer support.