Re: blue screen of death

J Lunis wrote:

> Malke wrote:
>> Contrived_Alias wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Recently, when I reboot, I am greeted by the XP blue screen of death.
>>>Error message resembles
>>>'A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to
>>>prevent damage.."
>>>I am told to check available disk space (using ~30%), drivers, and
>>>BIOS (haven't checked BIOS yet).
>>>For drivers I am told the check the 'Stop' line which begins
>>>0X0000008E.
>>>
>>>I can get the PC back up by seelcting the most recent good
>>>configuration.
>>>
>>>How do I find what is causing this error?
>>
>>
>> Research your Stop Error here:
>>
>> http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
>>
>> Malke
>
> OK, one file listed is wuauclt.exe - Windows update. Is it safe to
> rename this file so it won't load on startup? Want to see if this is
> the culprit.

Are you the original poster? I wouldn't mess with the Windows Update
file. It is extremely unlikely to be the one causing the problem. Much
more likely is that you have a bad driver or bad hardware. Did you
research the Stop Error? What were the results? Have you added any
hardware or software, updated any drivers lately?

Malke
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