Hi,
I been getting BSOD's and it is only visible for about a 1/2 second. I am hoping that this file will show me what they
are but it won't let me see it says access denied when I try to open it with Notepad.
Is there a way to view this file or see the BSOD Files?

Have a good day,
RScotti

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You need to prevent the PC from restarting when a BSOD occurs. To do this
follow the instructions on this link from my website:
[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/disable_automatic_restart_to_read_blue_screen_messages.htm[/url]

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I been getting BSOD's and it is only visible for about a 1/2 second. I am
> hoping that this file will show me what they
> are but it won't let me see it says access denied when I try to open it
> with Notepad.
> Is there a way to view this file or see the BSOD Files?
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:47:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>You need to prevent the PC from restarting when a BSOD occurs. To do this
>follow the instructions on this link from my website:
>[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/disable_automatic_restart_to_read_blue_screen_messages.htm[/url][/color]

Hi John,
Thank you very much. I should have thought of that!
Once you are told the answer it seems simple. :)

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Hi John,
I noticed that there is also an option for that in the F8 boot up menu. It looks liked it keeps going back to asking if
you want to disable restart on system failures. If so Is there a way to keep it so it will always NOT restart on a
failure or do I have to keep selecting it on every boot?

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:47:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>You need to prevent the PC from restarting when a BSOD occurs. To do this
>follow the instructions on this link from my website:
>[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/disable_automatic_restart_to_read_blue_screen_messages.htm[/url][/color]

Have a good day,
RScotti

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You're welcome

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:0f3d23pfg6r1cnqorb074dh4rlt9g34orm@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:47:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>You need to prevent the PC from restarting when a BSOD occurs. To do this
>>follow the instructions on this link from my website:
>>[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/disable_automatic_restart_to_read_blue_screen_messages.htm[/url][/color]
>
> Hi John,
> Thank you very much. I should have thought of that!
> Once you are told the answer it seems simple. :)
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely disable
the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is by
far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:g6se239anvcpqu0nh03kg32u94kr2keuuk@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Hi John,
> I noticed that there is also an option for that in the F8 boot up menu. It
> looks liked it keeps going back to asking if
> you want to disable restart on system failures. If so Is there a way to
> keep it so it will always NOT restart on a
> failure or do I have to keep selecting it on every boot?
>
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:47:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>You need to prevent the PC from restarting when a BSOD occurs. To do this
>>follow the instructions on this link from my website:
>>[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/disable_automatic_restart_to_read_blue_screen_messages.htm[/url][/color]
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

Hi John,
I did do that but the startup @ F8 still said to disable failures so I clicked on it. I thought this was there for:
Say you run a install program like Vista setup and if you get a blue screen it would let you see it. I didn't think you
way would cover that?

How can Vista in Windows disable something if it is installing after it reboots the last time of the installation?

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:39:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely disable
>the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
>automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is by
>far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.[/color]

Have a good day,
RScotti

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I've never used the F8 option to disable BSOD auto restart. Whenever I have
installed or re-installed Vista or XP I have always, as soon as possible
after install, disabled the BSOD auto-restart feature.

If the disable feature at F8 is anything like the one below it to disable
unsigned drivers, then this option will only work once. In other words it is
not a permanent way of disabling the feature. After press F8 and then
selecting this option from the menu, should you have a BSOD the PC will not
restart. However, I assume that when you restart the pc normally and a BSOD
occurs the PC will restart unless the option has been disabled in advanced
system settings.

As I've said, I haven't had cause to use the F8 option so I may be wrong on
the way it works. Obviously, if I am wrong someone will tell me.

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:gbgf235rraga2d677ouotqmobt0a9ja89s@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Hi John,
> I did do that but the startup @ F8 still said to disable failures so I
> clicked on it. I thought this was there for:
> Say you run a install program like Vista setup and if you get a blue
> screen it would let you see it. I didn't think you
> way would cover that?
>
> How can Vista in Windows disable something if it is installing after it
> reboots the last time of the installation?
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:39:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely
>>disable
>>the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
>>automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is
>>by
>>far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.[/color]
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:27:40 -0400, RScotti <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi John,
>I did do that but the startup @ F8 still said to disable failures so I clicked on it. I thought this was there for:
> Say you run a install program like Vista setup and if you get a blue screen it would let you see it. I didn't think you
>way would cover that?
>
>How can Vista in Windows disable something if it is installing after it reboots the last time of the installation?
>
>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:39:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely disable
>>the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
>>automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is by
>>far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.[/color][/color]

Hi again, John,

Since you didn't reply to my last message. I don't know if you are monitoring this thread anymore but wanted you to know
that if you use your instructions they DO NOT WORK IF YOU REINSTALL Vista after you reboot.
I tried to install Vista Ultimate over the same version and go a blue screen after the second or third boot and it just
flashed for a 1/2 second and couldn't read it.

I am sure it does work from within Windows.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Hi John,
Please disregard my last message.
I had to put a new Motherboard in and didn't update my newsreader till after I sent my last message,
Sorry for jumping too fast.

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:28:01 -0400, RScotti <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:27:40 -0400, RScotti <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Hi John,
>>I did do that but the startup @ F8 still said to disable failures so I clicked on it. I thought this was there for:
>> Say you run a install program like Vista setup and if you get a blue screen it would let you see it. I didn't think you
>>way would cover that?
>>
>>How can Vista in Windows disable something if it is installing after it reboots the last time of the installation?
>>
>>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:39:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely disable
>>>the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
>>>automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is by
>>>far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.[/color][/color]
>
>Hi again, John,
>
>Since you didn't reply to my last message. I don't know if you are monitoring this thread anymore but wanted you to know
>that if you use your instructions they DO NOT WORK IF YOU REINSTALL Vista after you reboot.
>I tried to install Vista Ultimate over the same version and go a blue screen after the second or third boot and it just
>flashed for a 1/2 second and couldn't read it.
>
>I am sure it does work from within Windows.
>
>Have a good day,
>RScotti
>
>remove "nospam" in order to email me.[/color]

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Of course it doesn't work. You are re-installing. All you have done is
re-installed everything to default. When you re-install 'over' the operating
system it returns all the parameters to default. In this case the parameters
for disabling the auto restart would have been set back to auto restart.
Upgrading should keep settings but simply installing over the original copy
won't. By installing over the original copy I mean booting from the DVD and
selecting the same partition that Vista is already on for the new copy.
Obviously 'upgrading' is done from within Vista.

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:n0ik23tf7jd3at0u965aouk1f10se7s6ha@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:27:40 -0400, RScotti <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Hi John,
>>I did do that but the startup @ F8 still said to disable failures so I
>>clicked on it. I thought this was there for:
>> Say you run a install program like Vista setup and if you get a blue
>> screen it would let you see it. I didn't think you
>>way would cover that?
>>
>>How can Vista in Windows disable something if it is installing after it
>>reboots the last time of the installation?
>>
>>On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:39:29 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
>><freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>By following the instruction on the link I gave you, you completely
>>>disable
>>>the restart. So as soon as you get a blue screen, instead of Vista
>>>automatically restarting, Vista simply displays the blue screen. This is
>>>by
>>>far the easiest way of dealing with the problem.[/color][/color]
>
> Hi again, John,
>
> Since you didn't reply to my last message. I don't know if you are
> monitoring this thread anymore but wanted you to know
> that if you use your instructions they DO NOT WORK IF YOU REINSTALL Vista
> after you reboot.
> I tried to install Vista Ultimate over the same version and go a blue
> screen after the second or third boot and it just
> flashed for a 1/2 second and couldn't read it.
>
> I am sure it does work from within Windows.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:04:56 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Of course it doesn't work. You are re-installing. All you have done is
>re-installed everything to default. When you re-install 'over' the operating
>system it returns all the parameters to default. In this case the parameters
>for disabling the auto restart would have been set back to auto restart.
>Upgrading should keep settings but simply installing over the original copy
>won't. By installing over the original copy I mean booting from the DVD and
>selecting the same partition that Vista is already on for the new copy.
>Obviously 'upgrading' is done from within Vista.[/color]
Sorry John,
I thought you talked about "upgrading" over the same Vista.
I just checked it didn't return to default and my box is still unchecked about rebooting after failures. Cause the
reinstall didn't work Got a BSOD as before but still couldn't read it.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Hi again John,
I am confused. I was trying to do a "Repair Vista"using your instructions from here.

[url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/repair_a_vista_installation_using_the_upgrade_option_of_the_vista_dvd.htm[/url]

Which was "upgrading" over the original (BUT with the same version) from within Windows.
Maybe I read it wrong?
I didn't think I did?


On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:04:56 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Of course it doesn't work. You are re-installing. All you have done is
>re-installed everything to default. When you re-install 'over' the operating
>system it returns all the parameters to default. In this case the parameters
>for disabling the auto restart would have been set back to auto restart.
>Upgrading should keep settings but simply installing over the original copy
>won't. By installing over the original copy I mean booting from the DVD and
>selecting the same partition that Vista is already on for the new copy.
>Obviously 'upgrading' is done from within Vista.[/color]

Have a good day,
RScotti

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You didn't read it wrong. Unlike Windows XP, Vista doesn't have a repair
option whereby you can stick the DVD into the DVD drive, boot up, select I
at the appropriate time etc, etc.

However, Vista can be repaired by actually 'upgrading' the copy you already
have. By doing this it also keeps any setting and applications you already
have installed. I have to admit that when I tired it the process took
literally hours, I think it was about 4 hours, but it did the trick. My only
complaint was the fact that, after the upgrade, Vista announced that my copy
was not a legal copy. However, that problem was soon solved as I have
outlined in the article on my website.

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"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi again John,
> I am confused. I was trying to do a "Repair Vista"using your instructions
> from here.
>
> [url]http://vistasupport.mvps.org/repair_a_vista_installation_using_the_upgrade_option_of_the_vista_dvd.htm[/url]
>
> Which was "upgrading" over the original (BUT with the same version) from
> within Windows.
> Maybe I read it wrong?
> I didn't think I did?
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:04:56 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Of course it doesn't work. You are re-installing. All you have done is
>>re-installed everything to default. When you re-install 'over' the
>>operating
>>system it returns all the parameters to default. In this case the
>>parameters
>>for disabling the auto restart would have been set back to auto restart.
>>Upgrading should keep settings but simply installing over the original
>>copy
>>won't. By installing over the original copy I mean booting from the DVD
>>and
>>selecting the same partition that Vista is already on for the new copy.
>>Obviously 'upgrading' is done from within Vista.[/color]
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>[/color]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:57:28 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
[color=blue]
>You didn't read it wrong. Unlike Windows XP, Vista doesn't have a repair
>option whereby you can stick the DVD into the DVD drive, boot up, select I
>at the appropriate time etc, etc.
>
>However, Vista can be repaired by actually 'upgrading' the copy you already
>have. By doing this it also keeps any setting and applications you already
>have installed. I have to admit that when I tired it the process took
>literally hours, I think it was about 4 hours, but it did the trick. My only
>complaint was the fact that, after the upgrade, Vista announced that my copy
>was not a legal copy. However, that problem was soon solved as I have
>outlined in the article on my website.[/color]

Hi John,
Yes I know but that is exactly what DID NOT WORK on mine.
I had a problem and still do with System Restore. It won't create the automatic restore points. It does create SOME of
the install and all the manual RP's.
That is why I used you instructions to do this but get a BSOD when it is completing the upgrade.
I have sent messages here but no one seems to know the answer to this.

That is also why I asked you about your second instruction on disabling the restart on a failure.
As of even now I have only 1 automatic checkpoint RP on 4/20/2007 None today. I did a clean install on 4/17/2007.

I have even changed the RP frequency to do it every 12 hours as per Ed Bott's Inside Out MS Press book but doesn't work
either.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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