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Title: Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 28, 2003, 17:19: Hi Guys :wave:

I have a strange problem regarding a blue screen that appears when I boot up after the PC has been idle for a time. It says it is "dumping physical memory" sometimes it counts to 100 and reboots itself, sometimes not and I have to manually reboot :-\ I would appreciates any advice on how to stop it appearing in the 1st place :)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Sandra on November 28, 2003, 17:30: Uninstall Kazza immediately ::)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 28, 2003, 17:33: Gawd dont start them all off San :-X its KaZaA Lite I have and I run ad-adware and spybot almost daily
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Robotochan on November 28, 2003, 17:36: Sounds like Hibernation mode ::)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: chorleydave on November 28, 2003, 18:03: Quote from: Sandra on November 28, 2003, 17:30

Uninstall Kazza immediately ::)

Serenity, Sandra may be talking tongue-in-cheek, she could be right. I installed a program called Music Match last year, and immediately after, I kept getting the "dumping physical memory" message. I got rid of Music Match and I haven't seen the message since. :)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Camstop on November 28, 2003, 18:09: Try this Serenity....

1. Control Panel, System
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Under "Startup and Recovery" click on Settings.
4. Change "Write Debugging Information" to "none".
5. Apply/OK and reboot if prompted.

hope it helps.. 8)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 28, 2003, 18:21: Thanks Cammy, I have followed that :) as this is an intermittent fault I wont know for sure if what you suggested works for a few days but fingers crossed,

Dave, they all scream at me for having KaZaA but I switched to the Lite version and I quite like that program, if the problem persists though I may well have to think of deleting it (before anyone says, I didnt like WinMx ;))

Thanks again guys for the advice :-*
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Sandra on November 28, 2003, 18:39: Dave I had a marathon session on the phone with her as we reinstalled XP a few weeks ago and it was running fine.
After someone installed Kazza it started having problems.
Coincidence (cue music from the twilight zone) ???
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Michelle on November 28, 2003, 19:43: Quote from: Sandra on November 28, 2003, 18:39

Dave I had a marathon session on the phone with her as we reinstalled XP a few weeks ago and it was running fine.
After someone installed Kazza it started having problems.
Coincidence (cue music from the twilight zone) ???

I have a feeling of deja vous here :lol:
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 28, 2003, 20:01: Quote
Coincidence (cue music from the twilight zone) ???

:shuddup: Sondra and :chill: you love me getting these problems just so that you can show off how to fix them 8) ;D
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Simon on November 28, 2003, 22:48: Quote from: Serenity on November 28, 2003, 20:01
:shuddup: Sondra and :chill: you love me getting these problems just so that you can show off how to fix them 8) ;D

How do you know she's not installing 'timebombs', just so she can look good fixing them? :o

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apax34.dsl.pipex.com%2Fsmileys%2Fheehee1.gif&hash=4cedfc4d873e04d55bdbc11d35d26a65d327e957)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Adept on November 29, 2003, 08:45: If you want to find out for sure what is causing the problem, there should be an entry in the System (or Application ??? )event log.

You will find the Event Log Viewer in Control Panel | Administrative Tools :)

HTH
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 30, 2003, 14:44: Quote
[1. Control Panel, System
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Under "Startup and Recovery" click on Settings.
4. Change "Write Debugging Information" to "none".
5. Apply/OK and reboot if prompted.

Worked a treat Cammy :) no more blue screen since following those instructions, thanks for your advice :-*
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Lona on November 30, 2003, 19:04: Glad you got your problem sorted Serenity. :D
Aren't Scotsmen wonderful. ;). Read my signature quote and you will see why. ;D ;) ;D.

Now Cammy, can you tell me why I am getting a blue screen when I try to read some discs? ::)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: joudi on November 30, 2003, 19:09: Quote from: Lona on November 30, 2003, 19:04

Read my signature quote and you will see why. ;D ;) ;D.

"If one took the Scots out of PC-Pals, it would fall apart"; ;D

How right is that !!!!!! ::)
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Serenity on November 30, 2003, 19:13: Quote
Quote

"If one took the Scots out of PC-Pals, it would fall apart"; ;D

How right is that !!!!!! ::)

Well we wouldnt have to listen to him saying "Gurls" and "Greeaat" :P ;D ;D :baad:
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: TR on November 30, 2003, 19:17: We will need the Scots and Welsh about next summer (scroll down)

When the European cup starts ;D
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Adept on November 30, 2003, 19:24: :bart: :curse:
Title: Re:Blue Screen
Post by: Tony on December 01, 2003, 16:27: nice one Hooky my booooooooooooooooooooy ;D