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So my windows XP has been crashing, and resetting my PC lately.
Not sure what is causing it, but it has an Error signature of;
BCCode: 1000008e BCP1: C000001D BCP2: F5E55A4E BCP3: FF79FBB08
BCP4: 00000000 OSVer: 5_1_2600 SP: 2_0 Product: 256_1
And the error report contents are;
C:\DOCUME~1\AMANDA\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERd3e8.dir00\Mini060207-02.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\AMANDA\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERd3e8.dir00\sysdata.xml
Any clues what is causing it, and what I can do to stop it?
Bring up your event viewer (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer) and find the error (possibly in Application or System) which corresponds to when you had the reset. Post the appropriate information if you can.
Is there any common denominator to these crashes? Any recent significant change to your system before these began to occur?
Also, listing the files being sent by the error reporting system is not so useful as knowing what's in the files (which, should you include, should be spoilered because those dumps can be rather large).
The raw numbers are a little off, but the Event IDs and symptoms seem to match.
The error numbers are usually off when comparing your error messages to the examples on the MS site, that's why they say your errors should be similar, not exactly the same.
You should probably get some antispyware and antivirus running temporarily just to make sure that shit isn't clogging up your system, if you haven't done so already. http://free.grisoft.com/ has some free stuff that you can install, scan, then remove.
I use AVG free at the moment. And I had a look for those .exes and the suspicious .sys files.
Nothing.
When I run AVG free I get three things on it.
User32.dll: Change
Shell32.dll: Change
Ntoskrnl.exe: Change
That got anything to do with it?
It's possible. If it gives you the option to fix those three items, do so. Otherwise, look up the virus it lists as the cause and see what you can do about that.
Ok, I crashed again. Sent an error report and it came up with this helpful screen. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322205
Now, it says it's a driver problem. But which driver?
Pretty much anything I was going to suggest to a driver problem is listed on that page. I'd work through that, if you can. Start with the non-driver-specific options if you can't tell based on the information they give.
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Also, listing the files being sent by the error reporting system is not so useful as knowing what's in the files (which, should you include, should be spoilered because those dumps can be rather large).
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 2/06/2007
Time: 5:51:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: AMANDA-0FA42CFA
Description:
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c000001d, parameter2 f5e55a4e, parameter3 f79fbb08, parameter4 00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008
0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0
0030: 30 30 30 30 31 64 2c 20 00001d,
0038: 66 35 65 35 35 61 34 65 f5e55a4e
0040: 2c 20 66 37 39 66 62 62 , f79fbb
0048: 30 38 2c 20 30 30 30 30 08, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000
That it?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Windows%20Operating%20System&ProdVer=5.2&EvtID=1003&EvtSrc=SystemError&LCID=1033
User Action :
No user action is required.
(lol, you're SOL, could be a memory thing though, you might try to track memory use by process or run a memory diagnostic like memtest.)
Re-reading that, if this is happening at the same time as another error in the event log, you'll need to post the information regarding that error.
Edit: Nevermind. I believe this is related to your issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894278
If you have any questions about resolving it based on the suggested steps, continue posting.
Does my error message really look like that? They don't look the same to me..
*confused*
I think devoir is on the right track. See if you can find those exes and rename and/or delete `em.
The error numbers are usually off when comparing your error messages to the examples on the MS site, that's why they say your errors should be similar, not exactly the same.
You should probably get some antispyware and antivirus running temporarily just to make sure that shit isn't clogging up your system, if you haven't done so already. http://free.grisoft.com/ has some free stuff that you can install, scan, then remove.
Nothing.
When I run AVG free I get three things on it.
User32.dll: Change
Shell32.dll: Change
Ntoskrnl.exe: Change
That got anything to do with it?
It found no viruses.
*Ninjar editorial*
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?8,98830,98926#msg-98926
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=system+error+event+id+1003
I used that to find the Microsoft fix, further sifting through the results may lead to a resolution.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322205
Now, it says it's a driver problem. But which driver?