Tweak Library – Enable Setting for System Crash Dump Behavior

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Enable Setting for System Crash Dump Behavior

This setting enables you to control the information required in the dump file at the time of crash to help support engineers in positive way.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to control the information required in the dump file at the time of crash to help support engineers in positive way. The full dump file is very big and will only create confusion.

For this, you have to make changes in the registry. Go to "Start->Run" and enter "regedit" and click "OK". Search the key listed below. Create REG_DWORD Value Name called "CrashDumpEnabled" if not existing and set it as follows:

Value	Description
0	Debugging information is not written to a file
1	Complete crash dump is written to a file
2	Kernel memory dump is written to a file
3	Small memory dump is written to a file

After restart or logoff, changes take effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

CrashDumpEnabled

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

0 for Debugging information is not written to a file. 1 for complete crash dump is written to a file. 2 for Kernel memory dump is written to a file. 3 for Small memory dump is written to a file.

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The debugging information is set according to the value given.

Default condition of debugging information is visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl\] , right click on the DWORD value 'CrashDumpEnabled' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set a user defained value from 0 to 3 and click 'OK'.

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