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Windows XP Manually crash it

It is not a well known fact but Windows‐XP has a ʺfeatureʺ (???)

Well that’s what we will call it here.

With which it is possible to manually crash a system by :‐

Holding the right CTRL key down, and pressing the ʺScroll Lockʺ key twice.

You can turn this feature on by the following steps:‐

B ut first a caveat Yes it’s the Registry again following all my preaching on other disc’s, or failing that do not read further.

Go to :‐

Start > Run in the box type without the quotes regedit.

Scroll to:‐

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters

Create a new DWORD value by right clicking

Name it CrashOnCtrlScroll

Right‐click on this newly created value and click on Modify

Enter 1 in the Value data field and click on OK.

Close regedit and reboot your system.

Now you can Blue Screen (crash) your system by holding :‐

The right CTRL key and pressing ʺScroll Lockʺ twice.

__**Note:‐**__

Your system may reboot or show a blue screen whenever this crash is initiated.

If your system reboots after initiating the crash, and you want to see the blue screen, follow these steps:

Go to :‐

Control Panel > System

Click on the Advanced tab

Under Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.

Under System failure, uncheck the option Automatically restart.

Why anyone would wish to do so evades me, unless to frighten a colleague