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How to change the colour of a BSOD - Mark - 12-06-2011

How to change the colour of a BSOD

Quick and easy tutorial on how to change the color of the blue screen on a BSOD, to be a yellow screen for example.
I think this might only work in 2000/XP/2003 but by all means try it in vista or 7 and comment if it worked.

To change the colours, go to the Windows folder, by going to %systemroot%, and open the system.ini file inside. Now, locate the [386enh] section.
If it’s not in there yet, create these entries:

Code:
MessageBackColor =
MessageTextColor=

The back color is the “Blue”, and the Text is the “White”, so you can change the colors with the following list:
  • 0 = black
  • 1 = blue
  • 2 = green
  • 3 = cyan
  • 4 = red
  • 5 = magenta
  • 6 = yellow/brown
  • 7 = white
  • 8 = gray
  • 9 = bright blue
  • A = bright green
  • B = bright cyan
  • C = bright red
  • D = bright magenta
  • E = bright yellow
  • F = bright white

Also, if you select any of the letters, make sure to put the letter in capitals, eg. D not d

After you changed, make sure to save the file and restart your PC.

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RE: How to change the colour of a BSOD - bigsharn - 16-06-2011

Have you tested this by chance, Mark?

RE: How to change the colour of a BSOD - Pack3t SynAck3r - 16-06-2011

(16-06-2011, 11:59 AM)bigsharn Wrote: Have you tested this by chance, Mark?
If he hasn't he will soon enough. Mark and BSOD's go together like Meatloaf and bicycles


RE: How to change the colour of a BSOD - Drumm - 16-06-2011

There is a registry edit that can be done to initiate a BSOD with a keyboard command.

RE: How to change the colour of a BSOD - WARLORDTF - 24-07-2011

(16-06-2011, 05:16 PM)Drumm Wrote: There is a registry edit that can be done to initiate a BSOD with a keyboard command.

or leave me at any windows OS'd machine - whether it be bank machine or blade server i seem to have a knack for causing such responses XD