Scenario: How To Disable Automatic Restarts When Windows Crashes

Steps via GUI:
1) Click Start Menu -> Run
2) Type in sysdm.cpl and press Enter
3) Click on the ‘Advanced‘ tab
4) Click on the ‘Startup and Recovery‘ Settings button
5) Uncheck ‘Automatically restart‘, then click on OK

Here are some registry edits that will accomplish the same thing:
Steps disable automatic Restart via Registry
– Start menu -> run then type regedit press Enter
– Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
– Select “AutoReboot” then set REG_DWORD value = 0

to enable:
– Start menu -> run then type regedit press Enter
– Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
– Select “AutoReboot” then set REG_DWORD value = 1