re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 1:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by AJ
(1 messages posted)
When I got this problem with my system “Windows XP Home Edition, SP2” I did a lot
of research into the blue screens, BC Codes & STOP Codes that Windows was constantly
bombarding me with. Since my computer is only 18 months old and I haven’t messed
with it too much, I wasn’t going to believe that the problem lied with my hardware.
So instead I continued to research the problem, and after about a month of constant
searching I found 3 possible causes.
1. RAM problems.
2. Bad drivers.
3. Logitech MouseWare.
Some of the errors I received were related to RAM issues. Or at least that’s what
the Microsoft website said.
But since that costs time and money to fix, I decided to try and fix the other possible
causes first.
The first thing I did was uninstall MouseWare, then download the latest version from
Logitech’s website and install that. But you should only do this if you have a Logitech
mouse that uses MouseWare.
Then I fixed the bad drivers, but since I didn’t know what driver was the cause of
the problem, the easiest and quickest way to fix them was to just roll back all of
them. To do this you need to right click My Computer and click Properties. Then click
on the Hardware tab and choose Device Manager. In device manager click all of the
+ symbols to expand everything. The double click a device and choose the Driver tab,
then click Roll Back Driver. When it says restart your computer click no so you can
do the same for all of the devices in one go. Then when all devices have had their
driver rolled back. Restart your machine.
When it restarts it may take a long time so leave it for a while. Don’t be impatient.
My computer now runs perfectly, just like it used to. I’m not saying that this will
defiantly work for you, because all computers are different. But it worked for me
and will hopefully work for some of you. Let me know how it goes.
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