• Bluescreen on startup after Windows update
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About two weeks ago, Windows said it needed to update, so I updated and restarted. When I started my computer, the theme was changed to some odd version of Windows classic and everything ran like shit. I eventually had to use system restore to make it go away. I eventually disabled automatic windows update and everything seemed fine. Well last night, Windows said it needed to update again, but I accidentally hit restart. Now every time I attempt to boot, it goes to bluescreen. Vista 32bit.
Bump, really need help.
What's the error code on the Blue Screen?
search for a tutorial on using WinDbg, it's feature that comes with a set of Windows Development tools which you can download. It takes the memory dump file that is created after the BSOD and scans it and shows info about what happened. It shows the last memory stack text, failing modules, and a probable cause for the crash. After finding the probable cause, google it and see what causes it. I used it recently to find the reasons for several different BSODs i was getting after building a PC. One was caused by a bad stick of RAM, the other was a serious conflict caused by Zonealarm firewall.
[QUOTE=xgman236x;28702928] Zonealarm firewall.[/QUOTE] :gonk: If I was a computer with that installed, I'd BSoD too.
Can't even boot into safe mode. It seriously seems like there's nothing I can do. Lost my Windows disc a while back, so I can't reformat. Everything I try to do I get a bluescreen. Fuck Windows update. This is our only computer so that makes it worse.
We need the error codes, we cant do anything than telling you to reinstall without them
0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0xBF61A020, 0xBF61A16C, 0xE34427E0) [editline]20th March 2011[/editline] I just looked again and it's a different error code every time.
Get on another computer, get a CD, download [url=http://www.memtest.org/]MemTest86+[/url], burn it to a CD, boot off the CD, and check your Ram. If there are errors, remove one stick of Ram until there are no errors
[QUOTE=kmathis;28711498]0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0xBF61A020, 0xBF61A16C, 0xE34427E0) [editline]20th March 2011[/editline] I just looked again and it's a different error code every time.[/QUOTE] 0x000000F4 means CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION, 0x3 indicates a critical process was shut down Probably some pattern in it, write down the codes and post as many as you can And as the guy above said, check your RAM, it sounds more like a virus than anything else though
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