How to force a Windows BSOD

How to initiate a windows BSOD on command using only your keyboard - use this information wisely! #pc #pctips #pcbuilding #mryeester

[KerniusGurskas]

Totaly not using this at my school. My school is not very technical. In it we have admin privilages

[thepi]

Windows actually has a hidden easter egg where your pc stops working if you delete system32

[majesticeagle]

“Please don’t use it to mess with someone else’s computer”
That stopped absolutely nobody

[AdrenoFTW]

Alternatively, on Windows 11 and probably also Windows 10, you can run an administrator Powershell window and type "wininit" (without quotes obv) and it will BSOD

Edit: Ending the process "DCOM Service Provider" in Task Manager also causes a BSOD

[GrimmXIII]

What’s kinda cool is that the error code is 0xDEADDEAD

[sli-fox]

Back in the 4th grade, we had an Apple II in our class and if you mashed the right amount of keys together, the computer would freak out on the screen.

[Mad_Cool]

Also: if you're playing a game on Windows and it's running slowly you can press alt+f4 to free up more RAM

[windowsvista]

This could be useful if someone were playing coolmathsgames instead of doing school work

[dbsirius]

At school i used to find a BSOD image from google images and set the browser to full screen. Works just as well.

[mrigtp]

"To do this, we need to edit some of the regis-" Me: 'Aight, imma head out."

[WindowsandMarioFan]

my 4th grade school accidentally had the registry enabled, even though it was managed by broward public county schools, and when I tried it, it worked! I did it on a Lenovo ThinkPad (I didn’t get in trouble doing it but think about doing it wisely)

[MrUbister]

"Easter egg"
"First you edit the registry"
😂

[mahan_z.]

i didnt thought it would actually work😭i was in front of a blue scren for a hour

[crumbly]

Always be sure to back up your registry before modifying or creating any values. You don't want to edit a value or set a new value incorrectly, as a mistake that small can entirely ruin your OS. Wish this was mentioned, but it wasn't.

[SuperNuketown]

“Hidden keyboard shortcut”
“So first, open up regedit”

Maybe the key combo is just disabled somewhere in the registry, but if the shortcut doesn’t exist with editing the registry, then it’s not exactly as “baked-in” as this would leave you to believe.

[TomMustBe]

school computers bouta be wildin' if you use this on windows startup 💀

[SamEyAm]

You have a crazy definition of easter egg. A freaking regedit is in no way an easter egg lmao.

[Dzulqornain]

"With great power comes great responsibility"
I missed the part where that's my problem

[SomeDudeOnTheInterWebz]

Back in vista days we were at a LAN party and decided to pull a prank on a friend who'd left his PC unlocked. While he was sleeping we changed his screensaver to a BSOD image and unplugged his mouse and keyboard. He panicked for a second we had a laugh and told him what we did. He plugged his keyboard in and his PC actually crashed with a BSOD and we couldn't get it to boot for the rest of the LAN.

[gameman]

"With great power comes great responsibility " - Wise words