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XP -- Blue Screens of Death caused by Internet Connection
I have been getting regular blue screens of death. After a lot of trial and
error, I realized that I get the blue screen when my computer loses contact with the Internet (either a flicker in the signal or complete loss of signal from my cable modem). My cable provider says that this is a well-known XP problem -- he says if you have installed non-xp software, it causes a driver conflict that causes the computer to crash when it loses contact with the Internet. Dell was even less helpful -- they told me to wipe my computer clean and just keep trying. This is VERY frustrating, and my wife is about to shoot me for spending all that money on a new computer that works so badly. Can someone help me??? Is Time Warner (cable provider) lying -- is there a problem with them and/or their modem? Help!!! |
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XP -- Blue Screens of Death caused by Internet Connection
Hi,
See if the new IE update helps: Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm -- All the Best, Kelly MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP] Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm "Danvic" wrote in message ... I have been getting regular blue screens of death. After a lot of trial and error, I realized that I get the blue screen when my computer loses contact with the Internet (either a flicker in the signal or complete loss of signal from my cable modem). My cable provider says that this is a well-known XP problem -- he says if you have installed non-xp software, it causes a driver conflict that causes the computer to crash when it loses contact with the Internet. Dell was even less helpful -- they told me to wipe my computer clean and just keep trying. This is VERY frustrating, and my wife is about to shoot me for spending all that money on a new computer that works so badly. Can someone help me??? Is Time Warner (cable provider) lying -- is there a problem with them and/or their modem? Help!!! |
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XP -- Blue Screens of Death caused by Internet Connection
Hi,
See if the new IE update helps: Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm -- All the Best, Kelly MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP] Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm "Danvic" wrote in message ... I have been getting regular blue screens of death. After a lot of trial and error, I realized that I get the blue screen when my computer loses contact with the Internet (either a flicker in the signal or complete loss of signal from my cable modem). My cable provider says that this is a well-known XP problem -- he says if you have installed non-xp software, it causes a driver conflict that causes the computer to crash when it loses contact with the Internet. Dell was even less helpful -- they told me to wipe my computer clean and just keep trying. This is VERY frustrating, and my wife is about to shoot me for spending all that money on a new computer that works so badly. Can someone help me??? Is Time Warner (cable provider) lying -- is there a problem with them and/or their modem? Help!!! |
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XP -- Blue Screens of Death caused by Internet Connection
Well yes and no. It's like they said "heart attacks are caused by eating
junk food. Have you eaten any junk food sir?" Perhaps you could run Microsofts Upgrade advisor to try and track down the bit of old S/W that needs upgrading? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ng/advisor.asp I'm not 100% sure this works if you already have XP installed. Just an idea. Colin "Danvic" wrote in message ... I have been getting regular blue screens of death. After a lot of trial and error, I realized that I get the blue screen when my computer loses contact with the Internet (either a flicker in the signal or complete loss of signal from my cable modem). My cable provider says that this is a well-known XP problem -- he says if you have installed non-xp software, it causes a driver conflict that causes the computer to crash when it loses contact with the Internet. Dell was even less helpful -- they told me to wipe my computer clean and just keep trying. This is VERY frustrating, and my wife is about to shoot me for spending all that money on a new computer that works so badly. Can someone help me??? Is Time Warner (cable provider) lying -- is there a problem with them and/or their modem? Help!!! |
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XP -- Blue Screens of Death caused by Internet Connection
Well yes and no. It's like they said "heart attacks are caused by eating
junk food. Have you eaten any junk food sir?" Perhaps you could run Microsofts Upgrade advisor to try and track down the bit of old S/W that needs upgrading? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ng/advisor.asp I'm not 100% sure this works if you already have XP installed. Just an idea. Colin "Danvic" wrote in message ... I have been getting regular blue screens of death. After a lot of trial and error, I realized that I get the blue screen when my computer loses contact with the Internet (either a flicker in the signal or complete loss of signal from my cable modem). My cable provider says that this is a well-known XP problem -- he says if you have installed non-xp software, it causes a driver conflict that causes the computer to crash when it loses contact with the Internet. Dell was even less helpful -- they told me to wipe my computer clean and just keep trying. This is VERY frustrating, and my wife is about to shoot me for spending all that money on a new computer that works so badly. Can someone help me??? Is Time Warner (cable provider) lying -- is there a problem with them and/or their modem? Help!!! |
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