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# sk66303 - How to force BSOD on Windows

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk66303 |
| Date Created | 2011-12-27 |
| Last Modified | 2017-12-19 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Other |
| Versions | Not Version-Specific |
| OS | Windows |

## Symptoms

- In some support issues it required to collect complete memory dump for analysis. This solution describes two methods of manually generating system crash.

## Solution

This article describes two methods to crash your Windows OS:

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  Method 1 - Microsoft's LiveKD utility
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  1. Download Microsoft's LiveKD [from here](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897415).   

  2. Launch the elevated Windows Command Prompt (i.e., 'Run as administrator') and navigate to the directory where you saved the LiveKD utility.   

  3. Replicate the issue, and run the following command:   

     `C:\> `**LiveKD.exe -o *FULL_PATH_TO_SAVE_DUMP*\MEMORY.DMP**

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  Method 2 - Using "CrashOnCtrlScroll" method
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  Refer to Microsoft article [Forcing a System Crash from the Keyboard](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff545499.aspx) for additional information.
  1. Open Windows Registry editor:   

     Start - Run... - type **regedit** - click OK/press Enter   

  2. Create the "**`CrashOnCtrlScroll`** " DWORD with value **`0x00000001`** under each of the following two keys:   

     **`[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters]`**   

     **`[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters]`**   

  3. Replicate the issue, and crash the system by holding the Right+CTRL key and pressing the "Scroll Lock" key twice.

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