On Jan 8, 9:54 am, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote:
> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it,
> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day.
>
> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out
> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I
> think I've resolved it, it freezes...
>
> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine.
>
> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry R.
> --
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
If your system hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can
force a BSOD which will
create a crash dump file that you can analyze and see what is running
at the point of the freeze
and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork or trying things.
While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue
Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft
includes such a provision in Windows XP for just such situations. This
might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And
Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes.
Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD:
Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular
free and easy to use tool:
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to
HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
Click Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value
CrashOnCtrlScroll.
Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value
Data textbox, and click OK.
Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on
the right side of your keyboard,
and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD.
If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to
disable the Automatically
Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow
these steps:
Press [Windows]-Break.
Select the Advanced tab.
Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel.
Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure
panel.
Click OK twice.
Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration:
Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select
the Delete command.
Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.