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Hi,

You have a hardware problem. Either it is misconfigured in the system BIOS,
or something you recently added is conflicting. There is also a possibility
that your ram has failed.

What are your options?

1) Check the ram. There are free programs he

http://www.simmtester.com/page/produ...c/download.asp
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

But keep in kind that a thorough test can only be done with test equipment
at a computer shop. Software tests are not perfect in diagnosing these
issues. At the price of memory today, you may find that the test costs more
than a replacement stick.

2) Check BIOS settings, especially if you changed them from the defaults. If
the CMOS battery is dead, then your custom settings may have been lost when
the system is powered off. This may be the source of your hardware problems,
the defaults (which is what are loaded when custom settings are lost) may
not support the way your hardware is currently connected.

3) Did you install anything recently? Try disconnecting it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
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Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"dem" wrote in message
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i'm having the same "0x00000051" registry_error BSOD.

safe mode won't work.
cd recovery console shows the same blue screen

anybody find a fix? or a tool to fix this?

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"Dan" wrote in message
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I am also experiencing the same problem. I have not yet found a way
to resolve this issue. If anyone has been able to come up with a
fix, please let me know. Thanks

I have the exact same problem except that I ran a test on the memory. Got a couple notices that I was running low on memory, but I have 1 GB. Now all I get is " boot failure - system terminated" I formatted the C drive and reinstalled windows XP...twice
and still the same story! Also ran a test on the hardrive. Both the hardrive and memory check out ok.

Pentium 4, 180 mhz, 2 100 GB western Digital Hard Drives and 1 GB rambus. Widows XP Proffessional.