Recoverd from a serious error

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JrDave2324

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In the last 10 minutes if gotten a message saying that the system has recovered from a serious error. I have no idea why, I wasnt even at the computer when the message occurred. I said a device driver installed on my system caused the error. I looked at the error report contents and these two files are in the report:

C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini08704-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\DAVIDB~1\Temp\WER2.tmp.dir00/sysdata.xml


any ideas as to what is happeneing??
 
The minidump-ed file contains information about the crash for debugging purposes.
Most probably it’s a driver issue... If you know what driver caused the crash, try reinstalling it.
 
Assuming you're running XP if this is the first time you've seen this don't worry it won't be the last. I noticed with mine when the Service Packs were added the frequency became less. Also XP has issues with cable modems if USB rather than Ethernet cable is used and will cause random crashes like this...
 
hmmm, and another thing that keeps happening is when i update through Windows Automatic Updates i keep getting a message about

"Files that are required for windows do run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions"

"The netowrk location from which the files should be copied, C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386/controls.man, is not available..."

what is this now?
 
This is because you probably haven't been logged in as administrator during the update.
 
oh i dunno, whatever the automatic updater installed....when i said "Files that are required for windows do run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions" i meant "Files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognized versions"

and yet two more problems...
1. i have the monitor turning off power after like 5 minutes. l every so often it wont turn back on after i move the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard.
2. the system found new hardware, a floppy drive, and installed the drivers....but i have no floppy drive!!!!

what the heck is happening here???!!?!?
 
ok so forget all those problems i stated before, i reformatted the hard drive and most went away. now im left with one problem....windows xp randomly freezes. sometimes ill be movin a file, using windows update, or whatever itll just freeze. keyboard doesnt do anything, mouse doesnt either. this happened before the reformat also, not it just doesnt happen quite as frequently. why is this happening?? any clues?
 
I would check
1: The memory, download memtest86 and run it (google it)
2: Check the hard drive, what brand hard drive do you have so I can link you?
3: CPU temp and voltages , download MBM5 (google it also)
 
lol i thought you were trying to say "Vacancies" like holes where data used to be and got deleted. haha i almost was gunna say "maybe he means to defragment.." but didnt want to look stupid. :D
 
no not really...

but i reformatted again today (why? i dont know) and updated the BIOS and it seems to be working fine now (knock on wood). so maybe all it needed was the BIOS update. i was using F1 and F4 had just been released so lets hope this does it. also i think it may have been something with the graphics card drivers, so i downloaded the most recent version of those too.

so lets hope its smooth sailin and i dont mess it up again somehow!
 
ok so maybe that didnt work...still freezing.
last time it froze while i was running this program called Everest Home Edition, and the time before that it froze while i was talkin on AIM. I am completely out of ideas on what to do!! this is the most annoying thing in the world!
 
ok i do not understand how to use that memtest86, and that MBM5 seems to be just like the EasyTune program that came with my mobo. so if someone could explain how to use memtest86 thatd be good. and what readings do you need from mbm5?

and i do not believe there was mass harddrive activity before it, what would be an example of that?

and i just noticed in easytune4 it says my CPU B is running at 28C, weird because its never run that low before.
 
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