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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:


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.

Have you tested this by chance, Mark?

(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

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

(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