Analyze Windows Blue Screen Errors with WhoCrashed

There are times when Windows hangs without warning, and the resulting error message is too complicated to understand. WhoCrashed is a simple application that tells you why the crash occurred, so you can fix the problem.

Whenever Windows encounters a critical system error, it crashes and forces the user to restart the computer. Previously, these errors used to be displayed on a blue background, leading to the name "Blue Screen Errors" (or the blue screen of death as they are infamously known).

Quite often, these errors are caused by missing, corrupt or incompatible drivers for your computer hardware that create problem in the smooth running of your operating system. Because the situation is critical, Windows cannot display detailed information on the error and hence the cause has to be determined when the computer has been rebooted.

To help with analysis, the moment it encounters a system error, Windows copies all files in memory into a folder called the ‘crash dump’ (or mini dump). This is what WhoCrashed analyzes.

WhoCrashed is free and simple to use. It requires administrator privileges and with one click it analyses your crash dump files and displays the result.

The program is fast and straightforward. It displays the result in the same window with detailed information on the origin and probable reason for the crash. Each entry has detailed information on when your computer crashed, to allow you to pinpoint the reasons for the same.

Once you know the source (for example, in the above screenshot you can see it is the graphics card driver), you can update or reinstall the driver to fix the problem.

If you do not have crash dumps on your computer and you still experience system crashes, it can also give you pointers on the reasons for the same. For example, your crash could be caused by an overheating CPU or a failure in your power supply.

If all else fails, WhoCrashed also allows you to contact the makers for further support on the problem.

In conclusion:

• WhoCrashed is a useful tool to diagnose your unstable PC


• It can be used to analyze crash dumps to locate flaws


• In the case of no dumps being found, it provides relevant suggestions

Download WhoCrashed to know why you keep getting those blue screen errors.

How To Resolve System Restore Disabled By Group Policy Error In Windows

If you get the error, “ System Restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn on System Restore, contact your domain administrator “ while trying to access system restore then it could be possible that your firm’s IT department(if it’s your office workstation) has blocked it, or it got turned off automatically due to some reason.

This article tells you two ways to enable system restore if you get the above error message when you try to access it.

Method 1: Enable System Restore Configuration Interface through Group Policy Editor.

You can enable system restore configuration by disabling Turn off Configuration and System restore policy.

Step 1. Click Start  button, click Run and type gpedit.msc.

Step 2. Expand Computer Configuration and then expand Administrative Templates.

Step 3. Expand System, and then click System Restore.

Step 4. Double click on Turn off System Restore.

Step 5. On the Setting tab, select Disabled.

Step 6. Double-click Turn off Configuration, and then on the Setting tab, select Disabled.

Step 7. Exit the editor and reboot your PC.

Method 2: Enable System Restore Configuration Interface through the Registry Editor

Following are the steps to enable it via the registry.

Note: Make sure that you backup your registry using File->Export before you attempt to make any changes.

Step 1. Press Start  button. Click Run. Type regedit and click OK.

Step 2. On the registry editor double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder to expand it.

Step 3. Expand SOFTWARE folder.

Step 4. Expand Policies> Microsoft> Windows NT> SystemRestore.

Step 5. On a right panel right click on DisableConfog and DisableSR and select delete option from right hand menu.

Step 6. Exit the editor and reboot your PC.

These two method are work well on home editions and professional versions of Windows XP and higher.

After restarting your PC, Go to  button and type System Restore in a search box (In Windows Vista).

System Restore window will appear now.

That was how you resolve System Restore disabled by group policy error in Windows.

Force IE to open link in new tab

First, open Internet Explorer and click on Tools and then Internet Options. Press the ALT key if you don’t see any of the menu items.

Now click on the Settings button under the Tabs section on the General tab.

Finally, under the heading “When a pop-up is encountered”, choose Always open pop-ups in a new tab.

That’s it! Now when you click on a link in Internet Explorer that is set to open in a new window, it will instead open in a new tab! You can also change the setting below it,Open links from other programs in, to open in a new tab. That way if you click on an Internet link from an email, etc, it will open in the current IE window as a new tab.