Re: IE Scripts cause machine to reboot

Well,
I removed the offensive card, cleaned its cooling fan of all dust,
reseated the card, and started everything back up and now it's all running
fine.

2 days of frustration due to dust and/or a poorly seated card.

Out of morbit curiosity, any hints as to why running scripts in IE would be
the only way to elicit the behavior (or was it just sheer chance)?

Also of question - any idea why updating my drivers resulted in a worse
situation (ie no more blue screen with information about why the system was
unstable)?

Thanks again so much,
Shawn


"Shawn Nicholson" <shawn_nicholson1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Bo%23xvLkFHA.4000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ok, what I saw after doing that (thanks for that, it was getting very
> aggrevating having the computer reboot without any explanation) was blue
> screen with info about:
>
> nv4_disp
> the information said it was due to the device getting into an infinite
> loop.
>
> I have an Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 Ultra - the drivers I had installed at
> the time were the 66.93 version (obtained in dec '04)
> I went to nvidias site and obtained the latest version: 77.72 and
> installed those.
>
> Now, I get the same behavior as before, except instead of seeing the blue
> screen of death, the screen just goes black and sits there forever (no
> rebooting).
>
> After browsing around I found an MS article on a problem which recommended
> turning off hardware acceleration, which did in fact fix the problem,
> however it's not really a good solution. Any info on how to fix it
> without crippling my video?
>
> Thank you,
> Shawn
>
>
> "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OoJfbDLkFHA.3568@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In news:%23GnRH6KkFHA.2644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Shawn Nicholson <shawn_nicholson1@xxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I have just installed windows XP home edition on a new hard drive and
>>> have run into a very frustrating issue.
>>>
>>> After installing SP2 my computer now reboots if I browse (using
>>> Internet Explorer) any webpage involving scripts. This happens if
>>> either of the two settings: "Binary and Script Behaviors" or "Script
>>> ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting" are enabled in the
>>> Internet options Security settings for the Internet zone.
>>>
>>> This includes attempting to run windows update. Starting Windows
>>> Updates gets to the point where it's loading mstoolbar.aspx (the
>>> second script IE asks me to allow to run). After I say yes, my system
>>> freezes, sits for 3-4seconds and then reboots. I am able to move the
>>> mouse around the screen during the freeze but cannot interact with
>>> the system (mouse or keyboard, ctrl-alt-del, alt-tab, etc) in any
>>> other way. On other sites (for example browsing to
>>> http://www.msn.com I get the message saying Opening Page, the status
>>> bar goes a random distance across, and then everything freezes and
>>> then reboots.
>>> There is no error message of any kind and when the machine reboots it
>>> does not complain that it was shut down improperly.
>>>
>>> After installing the OS (on a freshly formatted HD) I run windows
>>> update and get all of the recommended security and other updates. I
>>> then installed SP1 and all of its updates and then finally SP2. I
>>> have also downloaded and installed the script update at
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en
>>>
>>> to no effect.
>>>
>>> I am unable to run windows update (since it's very script driven). Also,
>>> attempting to open the Security Center in the control panel
>>> does the same thing.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know anything about what might be causing this behavior,
>>> and how I might go about fixing it?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Shawn
>>
>> For starters press WinKey + Pause/Break > advanced tab > Startup and
>> recovery > Settings > UNTick Automatically restart and capture the error
>> codes. Then either Google/MSN Search for the error codes or post them
>> back here.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
>> without them."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes
>>
>
>


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