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Where are Blue Screen of Death events logged on Windows XP and how can I view the history of them?

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00:00 Where Are Blue Screen Of Death Events Logged On Windows Xp And How Can I View The History Of Them?
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ANSWER 1

Score 14


BlueScreenView by Nirsoft is a much better solution than Event Viewer; Event Viewer does work, but this provides the information in a better format and much faster.




ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 6


Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer




ANSWER 3

Score 1


If you have your pc set to capture minidumps, you can try Who Crashed, it automates looking for some of the common causes of BSODs.




ANSWER 4

Score 0


If the event log doesn't help (which it often doesn't for BSODs), and you're feeling adventurous, you can also set your system to automatically save a minidump of the crahs, and then use WinDBG to determine exactly what caused it. See https://web.archive.org/web/20101214165843/http://elliottback.com/wp/how-to-analyze-windows-xp-bsod-minidump-files/ for an example