Sep 3, 2014 System Crash Settings To set or check your System Crash Settings (to successfully generate a BSOD kernel-mode dump file) in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 - bring up Search screen and type/paste sysdm.cpl; select the entry below it - (Windows 7 and Vista - see next step) - To set or check your System Crash Settings in Windows 7 and Windows Vista - - Click on START; type/paste sysdm.cpl; select same from menu Click on "Advanced" tab; click on "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery" - Make sure your crash options are like these - ▫ Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 - select "Automatic Memory Dump" ▫ Windows 7 and Vista - select "Kernel Memory Dump" - (blue circle drop-down menu) - Press OK on the two open screens to close them; Reboot your system. Info on the various selections for the type of kernel-mode dump files - Varieties of Kernel-Mode Dump Files (Windows Debuggers) - MSDN Additional Info from Microsoft - ▫ How to configure system failure and recovery options in Windows ▫ Enabling a Kernel-Mode Dump File (Windows Debuggers) ▫ Blue Screen or STOP Error Message Troubleshooting ▫ Collect memory dump files in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 ▫ Windows unexpectedly restarts or you receive a Stop error when you play or start Microsoft games ▫ Diagnose and repair crashing Office programs by using Office Diagnostics - Support Click to expand...
System Crash Settings To set or check your System Crash Settings (to successfully generate a BSOD kernel-mode dump file) in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 - bring up Search screen and type/paste sysdm.cpl; select the entry below it - (Windows 7 and Vista - see next step) - To set or check your System Crash Settings in Windows 7 and Windows Vista - - Click on START; type/paste sysdm.cpl; select same from menu Click on "Advanced" tab; click on "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery" - Make sure your crash options are like these - ▫ Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 - select "Automatic Memory Dump" ▫ Windows 7 and Vista - select "Kernel Memory Dump" - (blue circle drop-down menu) - Press OK on the two open screens to close them; Reboot your system. Info on the various selections for the type of kernel-mode dump files - Varieties of Kernel-Mode Dump Files (Windows Debuggers) - MSDN Additional Info from Microsoft - ▫ How to configure system failure and recovery options in Windows ▫ Enabling a Kernel-Mode Dump File (Windows Debuggers) ▫ Blue Screen or STOP Error Message Troubleshooting ▫ Collect memory dump files in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 ▫ Windows unexpectedly restarts or you receive a Stop error when you play or start Microsoft games ▫ Diagnose and repair crashing Office programs by using Office Diagnostics - Support