How to Avoid Blue Screen Of Death: Part 2
Male 1: Now, you are probably thinking that I am telling people to use the Linux when I say this but I am not. You can use Linux to solve a software related issue. If you know of a certain program that is causing a blue screen of death, remove it with Linux. It is a great back up of operating system that will allow you to find good software related problems that you know are causing blue screens of death. A good one is distribution at least that Josh recommends that you are going to do for free. You can download it from the internet. You can also use safe mode which brings Josh to his next tip, the process of elimination, troubleshooting.
When you enter safe mode, you have the options and this is of course in Windows you have the options to start it without networking or to start it normally. If you think it is an internet problem or an internet related issue try to boot in a safe mode with networking off. That will give you a chance to see if a blue screen is happening without being or with being connected to the internet using your network card. And, your network card which will relies on a driver.
So, having your drivers and hardware disabled in the safe mode allows you to trouble shoot the issue without having a blue screen death. By using a simple method process of elimination you can pinpoint an accurate reason quite possibly why the blue screen is happening. Did you just install a new device try to remove it or run a system or store to see if you get another blue screen after that.
Have you tried to uninstall certain software? Try to uninstall and see if you get another blue screen. Those are examples of what he is talking about. Eliminate problems that cause the issue making it easier to find the reason. And, I think it is good way of going you know troubleshooting.
Number five, avoid Windows Vista. The tip speaks for itself. Simply do not use Windows Vista. Vistas is unstable and during this time people have been getting many driver related issues. Any having driver related issue causes what? You guess it, blue screens of death. Sure, Windows Vista maybe a good operating system sometimes when it works but when it does not you at least know why.
Trying to use Windows Vista until they have updated the problems, second guess getting it is if you have an idea about second guess getting it is you have an idea about buying it. I would suggest waiting for the operating system to become more stable for the service pack that comes with updates and fixes and updated drivers. And, he throws a bonus tip about not trying to read the blue screen of death. That is accurate but if you can either snap a picture of it or in particular really the only really helpful in my opinion that only helpful part of the blue screen of death is actually located in the lower portion. It will tell you a specific module or a specific driver that caused the problem Right here it says www.kdcom.dll
Male 2: That is called the stop code.
Male 1: Well, that is not really a stop code, I was not going to go with the stop code. I have started specifically about this
Male 2: The stop code is the number you need and you can look it up on the Microsoft knowledge base and it will tell you what caused the blue screen
Male 1: Except where I was going with that tip. It is fair enough if you want to copy down the numbers and search for the numbers. That is another way of going about it but the filename is an easier troubleshooting because usually that can help you narrow down what program may have been causing the problem.
For instance, I had suffered some blue screens in Vista and my first clue was that filename. More than anything else, I did not even need to get to the internet, I said the filename was going, it was webcam Macs was causing some of my blue screen of death it was not the only one. I had other issues related to USB devices in Windows Vista. But knowing what this filename was right here gave me enough information. Oh! Well, then I guess I can not use that program anymore that was causing problems. But as Allan pointed out and rightfully so taking the stop code this long complex string of hexadecimal numbers and searching in either Google or directly in Microsoft knowledge base.
I find that Google gives a lot more information because typically what happens is people post the same errors in forms and say “Here is they errors I had, here is what I was doing” and then later on that tread some of them may have responded and says “Here is how you fix the problem”. And in many cases the community may have done all the trouble shooting for you.
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