windows xp crashing

[luckydog]

I hope someone can help ..... I have recently installed windows xp professional and find that sometimes after downloading certain programmes I get the BLUE SCREEN / STOP and have to quickly turn off the computer and when I switch it back on all seems well. Last month I had it happen but could not re-boot or restart the computer in windows. Finally I gave up, called in an engineer who had to format my hard drive and reinstall everything. Any suggestions would be gratefully apprecated.
DAVE

[banzibaby]

what progs were u d/l.cdr apps system software windows updates.Ur not Using a copy are U they are notorious for screwin up & if u Used key dat been blacklisted then may be micro soft i s detecting this .I know after installin sp1 using legitimate key.i noticed in win32or system32 the is a folder not there bfroewith a couple of dodgy lokking name.also window update is deactivated

Mabye that the prob unless U give more info.Do U have a nvidia card by anychance or new soundblasteraudigy known to cause probs with dodgy probs

Soz dont know anymore

But pleas read the rules section located here

& welcome 2 the forum

BaNzI

[RASTABT]

luckydog welcome and thanks banzibaby for your support here bro.
luckydog not so lucky now bro please submit more info on your Hardware/software etc so we can point you in the right direction.
Hope we can get this problem fixed for you Dave.

[luckydog]

Hi Guys .... thanks for the reply, it seemed that it crashed after I downloaded a vid clip using windows media player 9, as this is all new to me I can only remember this happening after doing this. Sorry to be so vague and will try and explain in more detail, many thanks again for you help. Keep up the good work !
Dave

[RASTABT]

NP Dave WMP9 Ooops yes get back with as much info. But if youhave not already tried unistalling wmp9 and using wmp8 to see if your problems are still present if you think this mayB your problem. Still think back to when your pc was runnning stable last and get back to us

[banzibaby]

Any chance it might be a screwed codec??I had probs with nero after installing WMP9 cause of the roxio cd burning plugin.Had 2 get a regisrty block 4 the plugin so it didnt get installed.Did U try system restore as i think that is the way micros****e syas 2 uninstall it

Nothing worse than havin 2 pay 2 get machine setup again after dodgy softwareIts pretty easy 2 setup WinXP itself.Most of the process is automated

No Probs RastaBt.I learn from the best, so just wanna help back.Kepp up the good work bro

BaNzI

[scarecrow]

luckydog: It may be a badly installed soundcard driver. The next time you get a blue screen search for the Windows dump file (located at the root of your active partition), zip it and attach it here- it will help troubleshooting.