Recent issues with XP: BSOD caused by driver, system restore doesn'twork anymore

#1 Chuck

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Posted 20 May 2009 - 10:59 PM

Hi,

I've been having intermittent trouble recently with Windows XP on a
desktop that I built on my own. Apparently, there is some error caused
by a device driver or something.

I'm getting blue screens once or twice a day and Firefox is crashing
randomly, and sometimes the blue screen is caused by Firefox. I've
also had Opera and IE crash on me recently. This indicates to me that
maybe it's my network adapter. I recently moved back home, which means
that I moved from a T1 wired connection to a Netgear USB wireless
adapter that connects me to the wireless network at home, which goes
to a cable modem. However, the wireless adapter never gave me problems
when I was home for Winter Break. I dunno...I'm just rambling now.

Also, System Restore doesn't work, so I can't undo whatever I might
have done. When I do a system restore, my computer restarts and then
tells me that the system could not be restored and no changes have
been made.

Can someone offer any advice, or a guess as to how I could fix the
problem? I'm willing to back up my stuff and reformat, but only as a
last resort.

Thanks,

Chuck

#2 Pegasus [MVP]

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Posted 21 May 2009 - 01:09 AM

"Chuck" wrote in message
news:683f076d-6bf1-4186-ac97-e0b1988ed417@r13g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've been having intermittent trouble recently with Windows XP on a
> desktop that I built on my own. Apparently, there is some error caused
> by a device driver or something.
>
> I'm getting blue screens once or twice a day and Firefox is crashing
> randomly, and sometimes the blue screen is caused by Firefox. I've
> also had Opera and IE crash on me recently. This indicates to me that
> maybe it's my network adapter. I recently moved back home, which means
> that I moved from a T1 wired connection to a Netgear USB wireless
> adapter that connects me to the wireless network at home, which goes
> to a cable modem. However, the wireless adapter never gave me problems
> when I was home for Winter Break. I dunno...I'm just rambling now.
>
> Also, System Restore doesn't work, so I can't undo whatever I might
> have done. When I do a system restore, my computer restarts and then
> tells me that the system could not be restored and no changes have
> been made.
>
> Can someone offer any advice, or a guess as to how I could fix the
> problem? I'm willing to back up my stuff and reformat, but only as a
> last resort.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck

In view of the multiple problems you have, rebuilding the system would be my
first choice, not my last resort. It would give you a robust installation
within a fairly short time. Remember to back up your EMail files!

#3 Dalo Harkin

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Posted 21 May 2009 - 02:00 AM

I wouldnt do a rebuild as the system is ok power wise etc so its all put together ok.
I would however reinstall the OS and from that point install in this way
OS and any service packs
MOBO drivers (latest ones from website)
GPU drivers

Do not install any programs and see how it runs, I suspect that you have had some kind of corrupt install effecting the Networking side.

If you need any help with the reinstall then let us know and we can talk you through it step by step

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