What does BSOD 183 (BOOTLOG_ENABLED) mean?

 
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BOOTLOG_ENABLED

Boot logging enabled marker for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

BOOTLOG_ENABLED is bug check code 0x000000B7. This value is diagnostic context. It means the boot path is recording driver-load progress, which can be used to correlate a later crash or hang with driver-load ordering.

How to read it in a dump for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

  • Do not treat the marker as a failing driver.
  • It is useful for reconstructing boot order and comparing multiple boot modes.
  • Combine it with loaded and not-loaded entries.

What to check for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

  • Preserve the boot log before retrying many times.
  • Compare the last successful and failed boot logs.
  • Use it together with dump analysis rather than as a replacement for a crash dump.

References for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

Dump evidence for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, preserve the complete dump, the four bug-check parameters, the exact Windows build, loaded-module list, and the event timeline immediately before the stop. For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, allStat summarizes the condition as “Boot Logging Enabled”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.

Analysis order for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

  • Run WinDbg !analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each BOOTLOG_ENABLED parameter instead of relying only on the probably-caused-by line.
  • For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, find the earliest abnormal event: driver update, firmware change, device reset, storage error, verifier report, resource exhaustion, or application hang connected with bootlog / enabled.
  • For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, keep third-party filter, security, storage, graphics, and virtualization drivers in the module inventory; removing evidence before dump analysis can obscure the responsible path.

Do not repeatedly reboot a machine affected by BOOTLOG_ENABLED before collecting the dump and event logs. For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.

Dump evidence for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, preserve the complete dump, the four bug-check parameters, the exact Windows build, loaded-module list, and the event timeline immediately before the stop. For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, allStat summarizes the condition as “Boot Logging Enabled”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.

Analysis order for BOOTLOG_ENABLED

  • Run WinDbg !analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each BOOTLOG_ENABLED parameter instead of relying only on the probably-caused-by line.
  • For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, find the earliest abnormal event: driver update, firmware change, device reset, storage error, verifier report, resource exhaustion, or application hang connected with bootlog / enabled.
  • For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, keep third-party filter, security, storage, graphics, and virtualization drivers in the module inventory; removing evidence before dump analysis can obscure the responsible path.

Do not repeatedly reboot a machine affected by BOOTLOG_ENABLED before collecting the dump and event logs. For BOOTLOG_ENABLED, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.


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