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If I reinstall XP, will my problems be solved?
My problem was solved by updating my BIOS. This can be a tricky thing to do but fortunately I found an update at the Intel site that worked for me. If you seriously want to throw Vista in the trash... you should return it to Microsoft. There's info on the return guarantee at the following site: Microsoft North

Windows 98SE/Inspiron 7000 Shutdown Problem Solved?
Howard Goldberg, Director of Youth Activities usyn...@j51.com alt sys pc-clone dell I am a little nervous about jinxing my good luck ... but I'll do so at the When shutting down my Inspiron 7000 (Windows 98 SE, PII 333 MHz, 64 MB RAM, ATI Video 8 MB, Lucent V.90 internal modem, standard floppy and CD-ROM drive)

BSOD problem solved and a lesson in editing
Evi evw...@yahoo.com microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie5 outlookexpress Thanks folks, I was getting some nasty Blue screen crashes on my Win95 PC which varied between IPFs in GDI.exe, mfc42.dll and user.exe. When I closed the box, a blue screen appeared and Windows went by-bys. They started after I installed,

Solved: ">" erroneously redirects StdErr as well as StdOut
Thanks to everyone who responded to my trouble getting my new mainboard, Chaintech 7AJA2, to boot properly. But I have a few more problems. Most important, I can't get it to recognize my ISA sound card. This card is the center of my sound studio and cannot be replaced by the onboard Cmedia sound chip on the

Help! Computer Only Starts in DOS mode
mark psan...@gmail.com alt comp periphs mainboard asus Hi Friends, Atlast after a long period of search I think I have found the solution for the BSOD problem in my machine. My machine was running with a Hyundai Hynix RAM stick DDR266 with 256MB and It was giving me BSOD (blue screen of death), also it was giving

Netmeeting/VPN causes blue screen
I could load all my other software but not Office 2000. So finally I got on Microsoft's knowledge database and found the problem. http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp Norton AntiVirus 2000. I uninstalled Norton and my problem was solved. What a pain. This was the first time I have used the Microsoft

Blue screen
Tony Chris wrote: An open letter to computer users: I am writing this to let people know about my recent decision to migrate to Linux from the Windows operating system, and why people -- in my opinion -- should .... Piracy cannot be solved by fighting and suing individuals. Piracy will eventually "burn itself out."

I solved my Backup Exec Problem
St=53,E=0000000000169932968,K=1906,Sxi=18,Solution=3913 By checking what was the number printed on my processor, I realised that it had a max FSB of 333Mhz, so I had to change my BIOS to 166 (166x2 = 332Mhz FSB). I was 100% sure that I had solved the problem, but even though I got no more errors from Prime95,

Help: newbie problem solved, but explanation requested
I now bask in my "15 minutes of PC stability" which is like the 15 minutes of fame Andy Warhol promised everyone. Huh? That '=' is only for the exported text REGEDIT4 format, not when you actually look in there with the registry editory directly. Try going to that key, and selecting Registry, Export Registry File,

Has anyone else...........
I did not have to bother about my data: Not only was it backed up but it was safely out of the way on drive C:. I think this compares favourably to the time you must have spent trying to fix your PC. About your problem: I'm sure it can be solved if you have enough time to try lots of approaches and find enough

SP2 solved my NT4 problems!
It finally dawned on me that they happen each time I turn off a halogen light that is next to my monitor and that the lamp was plugged into the UPS that my PC, etc... was plugged into! I moved it to it's own power strip and the problem was solved! Now I am wondering if this is what was causing the Stop Errors/BSOD

A disk read error has occurred; press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart
When shutting down my Inspiron 7000 (Windows 98 SE, PII 333 MHz, 64 MB RAM, ATI Video 8 MB, Lucent V.90 internal modem, standard floppy and CD-ROM drive), the computer would often freeze or even give me the "blue screen of death" at nearly the exact moment that the system would normally power down.

ADSL NAT, XP and Gaming problems
Cleaned cache, ran a registry checker, uninstalled all my recently installed software, uninstalled my Macafee Personal Firewall that I had recently installed, etc. All to no avail. I'll be surfing for a couple of hours and think the last thing I did solved my problem, and then, whammy! The blue screen of death.

Can zip use LPT2? It sure can!!!
I didn't load any drivers other than what XP loaded and all my USB devices work perfectly. My system has worked flawlessly and has been completely stable since early November. I havent had a single lockup, freeeze, BSOD or anything since I installed it. VIA usb was terrible. oh well. Steve.

Driver power state failure
It may happen at any time when I am working on my PC (even when I am not doing something on the PC and the system is idle). I decided to upgrade to Windows XP. Even that has not solved the problem. I don't really understand what's the problem. Some of my friends say that the RAM is not fixed properly in the

Disk errors
I immediately found that all my security settings had been reset, and worse, response time became extremely slow. I did not receive a virus (checked registry and nothing in background) It is not my ISP (tested with other ISPs) I have run 'WINIPCFG' no error message so TCP/IP seems ok I have run 'Internet Repair

problem solved
I won't assure you that the solution in my case will work for you, but it may be worth a try. The source of the trouble with my PC was proven to be a The following BIOS setting resulted in the STOP error 7b INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE during initial setup of my own PC: PnP/PCI Configuration | Assign IRQ for VGA

finally solved my firewire backup problem!
My XP reboots when I try to connect and appears that blue screen, it shows a message with a problem in a modem driver (vpctcom.sys) I used System Restore, reinstalled the modem, but I still with this problem. If I reinstall XP, will my problems be solved?

GPL & RBR crash on exit (BSOD) SOLVED
Would my problems be solved by upgrading to Win ME? Barb, Such problems are often hardware related (ie: drivers). I am also assuming that you disabled your virus scanner and all third party programmes before the upgrade. Update your video drivers for a start, and try reducing hardware acceleration at control panel,

Hardware Malfunction
Yep won't let Norton near my computer AVG free from www.grisoft.com works just great with XP. Even caught some viruses that NAV couldn't. Re-formatted and re-installed all my apps, etc. Everything was running smoothly. I didn't get around to re-installing NAV until yesterday (about 2 weeks after the re-format)