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

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

"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.

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
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"Yokochanie" wrote in message
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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.