HELP!

[crutesie 0]

hi guys,

first of all heres the notice my computer is giving me on startupLINK

my pc for the last 2 or 3 months being showing this screen on startup and forcing me to reboot, these problems were intermittent and happened every 2 days or so and would go back to normal after once. whereas now these problems are everytime i startup the computer this screen appears and today i found myself rebooting at least 15 times! and still the same screen would appear. anyone any advice or know what i can do to prevent this?..

T.I.A

[KYHockey3 0]

you probably have some virus's. ths has happened to my computer before, and i called up a computer guy and he came and de-bugged the computer and updated my norton and stuff.

what kind of security software do you use?

[crutesie 0]

i had macafee and found it was no good and currently i have

AVG anti virus

ad aware

zone alarm firewall

microsoft anti spyware

[Vapor 0]

That is a kernal panic. It can be anything from improperly inserted hardware to a software error. It is impossible to dignose without seeing the computer

[cbj05 0]

I know this doesn't help you much, but it happens all the time to the computers at school.

Most of the people have to reboot the machine around 20-25 times to get it to work.

[pat19 0]

on my friends old computer it would reboot and show that every time he tried to go on the internet.

[crutesie 0]

on my friends old computer it would reboot and show that every time he tried to go on the internet.

what did he do about it?

[Vapor 0]

You cannot compare others experiences to yours because you do not know what is causing the BSOD (blue screen of death, a cute windows synonym for a Kernel Panic). I would suggest just brining it to an expert to look at if you do not have experience with computers. If it happens when you are booting up it is almost definitely a problem with windows. In other words it is not other program that is causing the panic. If you have recently installed any new hardware or periphrels, remove them and see if that fixes it. A reinstall of windows most likely will remedy the problem.

[crutesie 0]

ive got the disks to re install, would it be possible to do it myself?.. i have not bad knowledge of computers but not a genius or anything

[Vapor 0]

yes, you should be able to. Select the install preserving settings option. You do not want to do a clean install. If you do not feel comfertable ask a friend or take it somewhere. If you do not have any files that you need I might actually suggest just doing a clean install and starting fresh. But both of these measures are pretty drastic.

[crutesie 0]

yes, you should be able to. Select the install preserving settings option. You do not want to do a clean install. If you do not feel comfertable ask a friend or take it somewhere. If you do not have any files that you need I might actually suggest just doing a clean install and starting fresh. But both of these measures are pretty drastic.

i wonder what you mean by drastic ? i dont know if i want to reinstall all of windows, i cant find all the original packaging and they serials and all that jazz..

[crutesie 0]

EDIT : Double Post

[Vapor 0]

If you aren't very computer savy I would just take it to somebody. It is not worth risking running into a problem which can arise.