When a Windows system crashes, it typically reboots immediately. This is called “Automatic Reset Capability”, and with this one-liner you can check whether your machine supports it:
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -Property Name, AutomaticResetCapability
Whether or not the system actually performs an automatic reboot is controlled by “AutomaticResetBootOption”:
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -Property Name, AutomaticResetBootOption
If you own Administrator privileges, you can even change this setting. To turn off automatic reset booting, run this:
Set-CimInstance -Query 'Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem' -Property @{AutomaticResetBootOption=$false}
For more information on the WMI class Win32_ComputerSystem, visit http://powershell.one/wmi/root/cimv2/win32_computersystem.
