Simulating a BlueScreen

Question

I am trying to make a program that records a whole bunch of things periodically. The specific reason is that if it bluescreens, a developer can go back and check a lot of th

Answer 1

First of all, I would advise you to use a Virtual Machine to test this BSOD on. This will allow you to keep a backup just in case the BSOD does some damage to the system. Here's a tip on how to generate a BSOD simply by pressing CTRL+SCROLLLOCK+SCROLLLOCK.

Is there a Windows API to generate one? No, according to this article. Still, if you would call certain API's with invalid data, they could still cause a crash inside the kernel, which would result in your BSOD.

Answer 2

If you kill the csrss process you'll get a blue-screen rather quickly.