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at least it collects data and reports the problem and boots back up (or does
it?). I've had a total of 3 of these screens and am wondering how I can
view what took place and possibly find out if there are any steps I can take
to prevent the same thing from happening? Is anyone else experiencing this?
I couldn't find anything in search function on several bases.
Operating System:Vista Home Premium 32b - Brand new desktop not even 2 weeks
old 
Thanks for any and all input.
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welcome to vistas top quality manure (crap)
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If its a brand new desktop, return it to where you purchased it.
Vista doesn't normally BSOD.
If its a Dell, call them and complain.
My Dell XPS blue screened daily with XP...ended up being fixed with MB, CPU
swap (their first try at RAM was incorrect ).
Neither XP nor Vista has BS'd since (18 months ago) : ) , tho ubuntu still
locks up sometimes : (
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Dirty Dawg
Since it's a new machine, you might want to go on record with the
mfr's support staff and make a call.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Hobbes
Why can't we call Microsoft for support? We bought our laptop, and we
were FORCED to pay for GARBAGE VISTA. Yeah, I heard this nonsense "oem
support by pc company". This is nonsense.
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You were forced ?
What , at gunpoint ?
I use XP, Vista, and not so much ubuntu.
Not forced to use any of them.
You must be pretty much held by the hand everywhere you go, huh ?
Next time you buy something, wear a helmut.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Dirty Dawg
What were the details of the errors? There are a few places you can find the
details. Problem Reports and Solutions, Reliability and Performance Monitor,
or the Event Viewer. In the Start search box start typing any of these. When
you see it in the search result list click on it. On a new system there are
many things that could cause a BSOD. It could be a hardware problem, driver
problem, or an application has been installed that is not Vista compatible.
Looking at the details of the errors may help you pinpoint the cause.
--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
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Thank you all for your input. I probably do need to call the manufacturer
on this one. It is Gateways FX541X and other than this one little problem,
it's a screamer (so to speak). In regards to the details of what happened
via some log, this particular time, it did NOT collect and dump anything off
into a file. The other times, if I remember correctly, it said something
about a driver and also when it got back to the desktop I got a message
stating that Windows had recovered from a fatal error (this was the other
times I got the blue screen), this time there was no dump, no message after
rebooting, nothing. I suppose I'll give Gateway a call. I certainly hope
that I don't have to send it back, hopefully it's just something simple.
Thank you all again for your input.
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The computer manufacturer is the one to call. They got a big discount on the
Operating System. With that discount they agreed to support the system.
Think OEM....
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Dirty Dawg
You have to open one of the consoles I posted about to see the details of
the errors. Windows keeps logs of all the errors.
--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
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