Hi everyone,
Specs: I am running Windows Vista 32 bit Enterprise Edition, with all
critical/required Updates from Windows Update.
I recently purchased a Vista laptop, and I had some troubles with it
recently (read:as soon as I got it). Problem is I purchased it new off
of eBay, so I can't send it back for a new one .
I was getting a system file corrupt or missing error, and I fixed that
by copying the corrupt file from the recovery disk to the hard drive
through the command prompt.
Well, after that problem disappeared, this new one appeared with which
I am at a loss.
What happens is whenever I boot up the laptop, It will advance just
past the Vista loading screen, and as the sign in screen is about to
appear, I get a BSoD:
STOP: c0000145 {Application Error}
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)
And that's it. The BSoD is extremely fustrating because it does not
tell me WHICH application is causing the error.
Now onto the interesting part--When I get this error, I have no choice
but to power off again. The next time I try and boot up again, the
everything loads up fine. If I shut down and try and boot up again...
the same error as before appears. Again, if I reboot from this point,
everything boots up fine, and the cycle repeats.
So basically, it seems that I can load Vista EVERY OTHER time... which
to me is incredibly bizzare, because if I am able to turn Vista on once,
shouldn't Vista try and boot up the same way every time?
Edit: Here's a list of all the software I installed after receiving the
laptop( which may or may not have affected this error):
Firefox 3.0,
Steam, OrangeBox,
VideoLAN (VLC player),
IrfanView,
Adobe Flash Player for Firefox and IE.
Also, I had installed python 2.5 ('Python Programming Language --
Official Website' (http://www.python.org)) and the pygame library, but I
removed them, thinking they were the problem (not the case it seems)
Does anyone have any suggestions about this problem?
I've heard that it could be a memory problem, so I ran windows memory
test, and I didn't find any errors. I'm running MemTest86 right now just
to make sure.
Could it also be that my memory isn't seated properly? Thanks.


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