[Bananana]

Hey guys! This really is not a huge problem, but i thought i'd post this out of curiocity. ?:|

Just now, when i was working on something, the blue screen popped up and it said:



A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage

to your computer.

PAGEFAULTINNONPAGEDAREA

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,

restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.

If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer

for any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware

or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as catching or shadowing.

If you need to use safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart

your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then

select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

STOP: 0x00000050 (0x9A563944,0x00000000,0x8062CFAC,0x00000000)*


Beginning dump of physical memory

Physical memory dump complete.

Constact your system administrator or technical support group for further

assistance.



I think this was caused due to my newly installed firefox crashing-the window with the "don't send" button popped up and said that firefox had crashed.:0

So my question is: How do you read the Blue Screen? They show up quite often on my system.

Thanks:D

ps. how do you post an image on this? It is really annoying when i had to type this all out.

[Flashorn]

Hey Bananana!!
Welcome to PCWorld Community!


Well, this could be one of several errors or it could be malware.
First , I presume you are running XP but which SP. 1 2 3.Have you tried Scanning your hard drive
for Bugs. If not Google SUPERAntispyware and use the Free version. Install and Up-Date then do a
Quick Scan just to be on the safe side. By the way , how old is your hard drive?
I haven`t
heard Firefox crashing XP or Vista. If it crashes , it should only be Firefox
itself that you restart. Is this Firefox 3 ? If it is, try an earlier version (i'd post a link but, we're having technical difficulties)
Try using Firefox 2 version 2.0.0.16. just Google it.
If that doesn't do it , then do clean up of your notebook. Temp Files, use the ATF Cleaner from Atribune.org. very fast
and very efficient. Then do a Defrag if you haven't done this in a while. We use JKDefrag from Jeroen Kessels. Again,
just Google the name.
Once you have cleaned and defraged you should do a Checkdisk. This is part of XP and will verify that all sectors
of your hard drive are intact.
To do this go to Start , Click on My Computer ,Then Right Click oon the C:Drive, Choose "Properties`` form the drop down menu select "Tools.
Under"Error Checking" click "Check Now" . When a box pops up "Check Mark" both check boxes. Reboot notebook
and Checkdisk will start automatically. This might and probably will take a couple of hours. Once it's finished , it will
report it's findings and give suggestions if it found anything. If not, your notebook will simply reboot in normal mode.
Give this a try and see how it goes.



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[KellieCM]

I moved this to the Answer Line forum, as it doesn't belong where it was posted.

To insert an image, click on the image icon in the bar above the post window to either upload your image or enter the URL if you have it uploaded somewhere else. If you do have it uploaded somewhere else, you can also take a shortcut by putting ! before and after the URL, with no spaces between.

[Adama]

Hi Bananana, and Welcome to PCWorld Community.



I sounds like you may have a virus. Flashorn has given some very good suggestions which may help you find the solution to your problem.

For your last question:

Usually, our Mod would come in here and ask you to create another discussion for a different question. However, Kellie has commented on that question, and I want to add my 2 cents as well.

A few months ago I wrote a Blog about How To Create Your Own Emo World, with instructions on how to insert emos (emoticons) into the Discussions. It's very informative and gives you step by step instruction. If you scroll down to the Comments, in an answer to pcw4us, I also outlined the steps to insert a picture into a Discussion.

Here's the link to that Blog

forums.pcworld.com/blogs/generaltalk/2008/01/27/how-to-create-your-own-emo-world|p-1370

HTH

[Bananana]

My hard drive is about a year old
I have scanned my computer but i don't think i have any malwares or viruses or bad softwares on my computer :^0
I have installed firefox 2 and that runs well for the time being.

I also disk checked my pc but it did not come up with anything.

Thx anyway for the advice.



By the way, does anyone know how to read the Blue Screen? ?:|

[Bananana]

thanks! lol i did not see that :D

[rgreen4]

In your initial post, you mentioned that you get blue screens on a regular basis. This is Not Normal. I have 5 active machines, Two are XP (one Pro and one Home), two Vista machines and one multi-boot (currently Vista and XP, but has been a triple boot with Win2K thrown in and at one time with Ubuntu), and have yet to see a blue screen on any of these. The XP Pro machine is the oldest coming up on it's 5th birthday, still has the original installation of SP1 later updated with SP2.
The last time I regularly got BSOD's was with Win98. If you are having recurring problems with BSOD's, please post the responses to Flashorn's questions about which OS and version and SP level, and as much other information as you can give us. We might be able to help cure the situation and improve you enjoyment of your computer. No one ever enjoys BSOD's.
BTW - your avatar reminds me that I need to go to the store tomorrow. !http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
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[Flashorn]

Hey Bananana!!



You're welcomed. Like rgreen suggested next time you get a BSoD post the

image along with which OS and SP you are using and we will be able to

asses your situation better. In the mean time , since you switched back to

Firefox 2 and if you are not missing any important files , Firefox should not

crash anymore. This version is still a bit more stable than the newer version 3.

Cleaning out the Temps files and Defraging can go along way in helping

everything run smoothly.

So, if and when you get another BSoD, just post back and we will try our

best to help resolve or at least narrow it down.





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[Bananana]

Firefox 2 works fine. Thanks guys for your help! :^0

[Bananana]

Thanks for your help B-)

PS. Bananas are good!