"KA Spencer" <KASpencer@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Kerry Brown" wrote: Quote:
>> "KA Spencer" <KASpencer@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F2027515-C377-4C54-B54D-70144D8DDA27@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I have Vista Business (x86) on a P4 with 1Gb RAM.
>> > It is a member of a domain with a Windows Server 2003 R2 controller
>> > (and a
>> > Server 2003 R1 co-controller).
>> > When I log in as an ordinary user, it is quite stable (using
>> > Access/SQLServer/Visual Studio/Office 2k7 etc etc) although it may
>> > crash
>> > occasionally (more than XP Pro). When I log in as Administrator, either
>> > local or
>> > domain, it crashes everytime with a blue screen just after startup. I
>> > feel fairly
>> > sure it was OK when first installed.
>> > Anyone else suffering from this affliction?
>>
>> What are the details of the BSOD?
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>> > Thanks Kerry, my reply is:
> The crash is followed by a completely blank blue screen (unlike XP/2003
> etc
> which give the error details) BUT after the restart, the following are the
> error details:
>
> Problem signature:
> Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
> OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6
> Locale ID: 2057
>
> Additional information about the problem:
> BCCode: 7f
> BCP1: 00000000
> BCP2: 00000000
> BCP3: 00000000
> BCP4: 00000000
> OS Version: 6_0_6000
> Service Pack: 0_0
> Product: 256_1
>
> There is also a minidump and an XML file if you want them - I have sent
> them
> to Microsoft anyway, but no solution response has appeared.
>
> I olook forward to any help you might give.
>
That error is usually hardware related, often bad RAM. In this case though
it seems more likely that some software that is running when and
administrator logs in is the culprit. You can use the Process Monitor tool
with boot logging enabled to see what is different when an admin logs in.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...ssmonitor.mspx
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca