Hi,
"automatically restart on system failure" is the line you need to uncheck.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"andy" <andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Which line reboots the system failure as that is NOT on my Vista...All the
> choices I have are time to display operating system, time to display
> revcovery actions when need...
>
> In addition, I also have a choice under system failure to check "write an
> even to the system log or automatically restart-- or overwrite an
> existing
> file...
>
> Changed the time to display recovery actions to 100 secs as it was set on
> 30
> sec.
> Is this correct?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> Help begins when we know what the error message is. Go to the control
>> panel/system and click on advanced system settings. On the advanced tab,
>> click startup and recovery settings. Undo (uncheck) the line that reboots
>> the system on failure, then apply/ok your way out. This will cause the
>> system to halt when the blue screen appears, giving you time to record
>> the
>> details of the error message before restarting the system. Important are
>> the
>> message itself, the error code (BCCode) and parameters, and any module
>> involved.
>>
>> Also, in your response, include how long this has been happening and any
>> changes, additions, or alterations you may have made to the system prior
>> to
>> this starting.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "andy" <andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4FD3DA2F-CDD3-4DE3-859F-2316DE10496C@microsoft.com...
>> > During the usage of the computer, sometimes I get a blue screen with a
>> > lot
>> > of
>> > writing and before I can even figure out what it reads, it turn off the
>> > computer and a black screen comes up and asks if I want to start the
>> > computer
>> > "normally"..
>> >
>> > I click "start normally" and then everything is back to normal...
>> >
>> > WHY is this happening ? The computer is 7 mos old- Toshiba Satellite
>> > Notebook
>> > A135-S4427
>> >
>> > Any help will be appreciated....
>> >
>>
>>