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Control Whether Windows Logs a System Crash (Windows NT/2000/XP)

This setting controls whether Windows logs a system crash to the event log, this will allow the exact time of the crash to be permanently recorded.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "LogEvent" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|LogEventREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashCon...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
Value Name: LogEvent
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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Last modified: February 28, 2001