Spin Da Ish

what i mean is that when i do work with or without my internet on, my computer goes striaght to a blue screen i cannot exit unless i pull the plug. the blue screen says windows has detected a problem. Would this be a virus? how do i get rid of this?

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ill come over and do it one day matthew. maybe all it needs is to reformat your harddrive and defragmentize it. if that doesnt work, scan for the virus...
ill come over on the weekened and do it iight>

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Ah the blue screen of death, lovely to look at right?
first off have you changed components lately? because if you have then you need to do a windows repair.
you don't need to format and reload just to fix that, put the disc in the drive and like you would normally install windows, go though the steps until it tells you to install or repair.

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Gah! You took my line! "Blue Screen of Death". MY first question is, What operating system do you have. This is important because I've seen this countless times with Windows Vista. If you have XP, it could be a slightly different problem.

overload

I didn't really steal your line. all people in the IT business refers to it as such.
but your advise is correct most screens of death happen with vista.
but like I said in my previous post, do a windows repair.

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Chiefblackhammer

Blue screen huh....ok I will offer my help:

1) What is your operating system?

2) Go to start and choose run and paste this then hit enter; this will take you to the system's event viewer:

%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s

Look in the different areas for an event that took place moments before the crash, see what is causing it.

Post the "exact" message you are getting from the crash (note the error will have a red icon but be sure to look at the one with the time closest to your crash as there could be multiple errors in there).

The fact is it could be bad sectors on your hard drive, a memory over-buffer caused by a virus, Video card issue, I/O sharing violation, Memory sharing violation, etc...

And thus that message will play an important role in fixing the issue without you having to reformat (potentially).

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I wouldn't necessarily say that most BSOD happen with Vista. Its true that Vista, being relatively new, is experiencing newbie OS growing pains, but BSOD can happen with XP, WIN98, WIN95, WIN-ME, & 3.1. Considering that the majority of users are still using XP, I would have to assume that most BSOD errors happen with XP. XP is more refined that Vista--no argument there, but BSOD errors can be caused by third party drivers, programs, or hardware issues. That means BSOD errors are relative to the quality and refinement of drivers and compatible hardware per OS as apposed to the OS itself. I would go as far as to say that any stock PC that ships with Vista is stable enough to not experience BSOD until the user adds content and changes hardware (assuming you buy a decent brand). But where's the fun in that?

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"Its true that Vista, being relatively new, is experiencing newbie OS growing pains..."

That, my friend, is putting it lightly.

know1

Its all relative to how new the OS is. Everyone seems to forget when XP came out and this same thing happened with the new OS issues. The same skepticism followed, and most people stayed with WIN2000 or 98 until the first year or so into the XP release. I personally waited until at least the first service pack for XP before committing to the change. But Bill Gates is way to invested to let this OS fail (or any for that matter). Just like XP, Vista will have its share of launch bugs, but you, me, and the rest of the planet will eventually have to submit to the software juggernaut that is Microsoft and take the plunge.

So, to say BSOD's is putting it lightly--yes that is true, but don't think that Vista's issues are an indication of Vista's overall stability. That is yet to be truly tested, and these first bugs, crashes, and ensuing general mayhem are to be expected. In truth, most of these issues are probably PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair). The general populace doesn't understand the difference between the two OS's and probably are trying to use Vista the same way, with the same software, and with the same hardware as XP--all without reading anything or checking anything first.

My main concern is not crashes or BSOD's, but the implications of DirectX10 on many of my existing programs and games. I would hate to see some of my older, but trusted programs and games become obsolete. And it is quite devious of Microsoft to attempt a force switch on people interested in playing Halo2.....but that's another topic all together.

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No! You will not curse me like that! I will never submit! Never! Therefore; I use Linux Fedora 8. It's free, it has the most attractive GUI I've seen in ages, and bugs I have yet to find.

Also, I don't think Mr. Gates was heading the Vista project.... if I'm not mistaken.

Chiefblackhammer

Can we stay on topic, offer help to the user or go else where.

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