Re: Remote Desktop Connection attempt causes Stop Code 8E

> G'day all,
> stumped here...everytime I try to connect to my XP Pro machine (from
another
> XP Pro box, both SP 2) using Remote Desktop Connection, the 'server' (the
box
> I'm trying to connect *to*) crashes and gives me this on it's lovely blue
> screen:
>
> STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF93E2A0, 0xF223658, 0x00000000)
> win32k.sys - Address BF93E2A0 base at BF800000, DateStamp 422511a2
>
> This happens 100% of the time, just after I login to the remote machine
(the
> one that crashes).
> I can find no further information about the error, nothing in event viewer
> or any logs...but I also don't know the first thing about checking memory
> dump files so I have not checked there.
>
> A little more info (not sure if it's useful?):
> - on the machine that crashes, I am able to use Remote Desktop Connection
as
> a 'client' to connect to other machines.
> - I have tried using several different boxes to connect to this 'server'
> that crashes; all attempts have produced identical results.
>
> I experience no other major issues with this PC, I can't even remember the
> last time it crashed except for the RDC issues here. The reason I mention
> this is because this Stop Code seems to be related to a RAM problem (from
> various other research), though I certainly don't think that's the case
here.
> The only useful thing I dug up while researching this was a potential
issue
> with SMS (which I know very little about); I am on a corporate network
that
> *does* use SMS.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm pulling my hair out over this one!

1. Check for newer/different video driver.
2. Test memory thoroughly:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp


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