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Disable automatic rebooting after a bugcheck


I want to absolutely disable the auto-reboot after any kind of crash in Windows. So, I set

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl\AutoReboot

to 0, which is supposed to disable auto reboot.

However, the next time the computer bugchecked, it automatically rebooted. Why?


Solution

  • After changing any of the settings in

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
    

    you must reboot the machine before the change will take effect.