Re: XP PRO SP2 Crashes 'Error Caused by a Device Driver'

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:34:51 +0000

Rog wrote:

>I'm running XP Pro SP2 on an Asus M/Board with an AMD Athlon XP 1900+ 1.6ghz
>and 512 MB RAM; which has started to re-set when it feels like and reports
>the following error codes:
>
>BBCode: 00000099 BCP1: 00000000 BCP2: 00000000 BCP3: 00000000 BCP4:
>00000000 OSver: 5_1_2600 SP 2.00 Prod 256_1
>
>Windows error reporting on line tells me :
>
>"Error Caused by a Device Driver

The bottom line of such a blue screen usually tells you the driver file
concerned - something.sys
Look for that in Windows\system32\drivers and r-click it, take
Properties, and the Version page will usually tell you what it refers to 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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