Enable Using System Properties

• 1). Open the "Start" menu.
  
  
• 2). Type "sysdm.cpl" without the quotation marks in the "Search programs and files" box. Press "Enter" to open the "System Properties" window.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Advanced" tab, then click the "Settings" button under "Startup and Recovery."
  
  
• 4). Click either "Kernel memory dump" or "Complete memory dump" under "Write debugging information." Click "OK."
  
  

Enable Using the Registry

• 1). Open the "Start" menu.
  
  
• 2). Type "regedit" without the quotation marks in the "Search programs and files" box. Press "Enter" to open the Registry Editor.
  
  
• 3). Expand the console tree on the left side of the window pane and go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl."
  
  
• 4). Right-click the "CrashDumpEnabled" entry on the right side of the window pane and click "Modify."
  
  
• 5). Enter 1 for the "Value data" if you want a complete memory dump. Change the "Value data" to 2 if you want a kernel memory dump. Click "OK."