On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:23 -0700, Hank <noguru.delete@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:
>Business with SP1
>Sony laptop, fast core2duo, 4GB
>Defender+Avast!
>Working beautifully for many months, and then a few
>weeks ago this began happening:
>
>Perhaps 2-3 times a week, and with no consistency of
>circumstances, a blue screen will appear. It might
>happen while working or when returning from hibernate.
>There's a countdown as memory is stored, and then a
>freeze. The only way to recover is to do a hard OFF (5
>seconds on the power switch) and restart.
>
>When it first happened, I had not installed or changed
>anything, so I was comfortable doing a restore. It
>happened again.
>
>It's confusing because the stated cause is inconsistent.
>I've checked to ensure that all drivers are updated and
>nothing that's contraVistarian is installed.
>
>What analytical steps can I undertake to discover what's
>causing this, and then to help me make the necessary
>changes?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Hank
What was the stop error?