They call it the Blue Screen of Death and you've heard that it is hard to fix. You've also heard from others that the only cure for it is a reinstall ...
They call it the Blue Screen of Death and you've heard that it is hard to fix. You've also heard from others that the only cure for it is a reinstall of your Operating System. You do not want it to happen to your PC but now it is happening to you,
you are now staring at a blue computer screen that looks very much like how they have described it-- bright blue screen filled with message that could make the head of the non-technical spin.
Don't panic, it's not the end of the world, you can fix it.
The blue screen of death can be caused by various things, it happens when your Windows operating system detects a hardware, software, or driver error which could hamper its smooth operation.
There are times when all one needs to do to resolve a blue screen is a simple restart of the machine. But when a computer shows you a blue screen every once in a while, it is actually signaling to you that something is wrong deep within and that if it is not addressed immediately a bigger problem could occur that can only be solve with a reinstall of the OS.
The proper technical term for the Blue Screen of Death is "Windows Stop Message". This message appears when Windows could not recover from an error or a problem. Windows stops and diagnostic information appears on a blue screen. The layman would not easily understand the diagnostic message being displayed, but a good technician can easily figure out the root of the problem through this message.
The first step in dealing with a blue screen is to read the error message and write down on a piece of paper the error code then press Enter to go back to Windows but if your computer will not go back to Windows after you hit the Enter key you have no choice but to restart the computer by pressing Crtl+Alt+Del, in which case you'll lose all the unsaved information in any program that was open when the blue screen happened. Restarting may fix blue screen if the problem was caused by a program that encountered an error that could be fixed with a reboot.
If your computer will not restart correctly and gives you the blue screen again, do the Crtl+Alt+Del again. While the PC is rebooting and memory-checks, press the F8 button repeatedly to bring up the Windows advanced options menu. When the Windows advanced option menu comes up, select the "restore last known good configuration" option. The "last known good configuration" is the latest settings that worked properly. The system will roll back to it and try to use it to be able to load. Windows XP has a built-in utility that allows for the storing of recent save point. This can always work as your first aid to blue screen but if the problem persists after trying this out, you can begin to think that a bigger problem in the system is happening. It could be that one or more programs is causing the problem.
If you have just installed a new program or made an update or installed a new driver, try uninstalling the program in safe mode. To enter the safe more, just press F8 while Windows is starting up, before the Windows Splash Screen appears. You will be prompted to select a mode that Windows will use, one of those modes is "Safe Mode with networking". Select it using the arrow keys to navigate and hit Enter when you are at it. In Safe Mode with networking you can connect to the internet. Fire up Google and type in the search box the error code you've written down earlier and hit Enter. Google will then give results that would give you hints as to what device is causing the error and how to solve it.
It is possible to uninstall drivers and software in safe mode, just go to Start>Control Panel then click on Performance and Maintenance. Click on See basic information about your computer to bring up the System Properties dialog. Click on Hardware tab and click on the Device Manager button. The Device Manager will pop up. In the device Manager, select the device whose driver you need to uninstall and right-click on it and select "Uninstall...". If it is a software that should be removed, just go to Start>Control Panel>Add Remove Programs and select the program to remove. After uninstalling the program, restart Windows in normal mode.
