Windows 7 blue screening...how do I find out why

[yokochanie]

Hi

I loaded windows 7 on a hard drive that duel boots between XP and Windows 7.

XP runs lovely, it always did. Windows 7 blue screens several times a day.
Usually when IE8 or media player is on, but it can just happen on a mouse
click. It never happens on it's own, but always if you are moving a window
around or clicking on something etc.

Can anyone suggest the best way i can track down the problem? Or is it
likely to be because of the duel boot. Everything i have heard about windows
7 suggests this problem is not norm al. I have down loaded latest drivers
and have kept about 80% of my applications off to try to give it a chance,
but it still goes down

Many thanks

[Dave-UK[_3_]]

"Yokochanie" > wrote in message ...
> Hi
>
> I loaded windows 7 on a hard drive that duel boots between XP and Windows 7.
>
> XP runs lovely, it always did. Windows 7 blue screens several times a day.
> Usually when IE8 or media player is on, but it can just happen on a mouse
> click. It never happens on it's own, but always if you are moving a window
> around or clicking on something etc.
>
> Can anyone suggest the best way i can track down the problem? Or is it
> likely to be because of the duel boot. Everything i have heard about windows
> 7 suggests this problem is not norm al. I have down loaded latest drivers
> and have kept about 80% of my applications off to try to give it a chance,
> but it still goes down
>
> Many thanks
>
>

Try running this freeware program, BlueScreenView.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

It will load any dump files it finds and then list and highlight
any files it thinks may be causing the problem.

[yokochanie]

Many thanks for that Dave,

I have now found out which driver it is and am attempting to get the
solution from MS help forums.

Thank you


"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
...
>
> "Yokochanie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi
>>
>> I loaded windows 7 on a hard drive that duel boots between XP and Windows
>> 7.
>>
>> XP runs lovely, it always did. Windows 7 blue screens several times a
>> day. Usually when IE8 or media player is on, but it can just happen on a
>> mouse click. It never happens on it's own, but always if you are moving a
>> window around or clicking on something etc.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest the best way i can track down the problem? Or is it
>> likely to be because of the duel boot. Everything i have heard about
>> windows 7 suggests this problem is not norm al. I have down loaded latest
>> drivers and have kept about 80% of my applications off to try to give it
>> a chance, but it still goes down
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>
> Try running this freeware program, BlueScreenView.
> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
>
> It will load any dump files it finds and then list and highlight
> any files it thinks may be causing the problem.
>
>
>