Problem report summary
Problem type Windows stop error (a message appears on a blue screen with error code information)
Solution available? No
What does this problem mean? Windows has encountered a problem it cannot recover from and it needs to be restarted
Cause Unknown
Computer symptoms A message appears on a blue screen with error code information (for example: 0x0000001E, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)
Additional steps for you to take Please continue to send problem reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the problem as quickly as possible
…..well that really is bloody helpful. :rant:
Ah, The Blue Screen of Death.
Very familiar around here.
And this is the reason I’ve never upgraded from WIN98 (NOT ME) – the last really stable windows platform.
Okay, well, that’s not entirely true – there are less ancient computers in the house – but this is the one I prefer – it’s been going strong for a decade with no blue screen of death.
There are alternatives to Microsoft (read Linux, OpenOffice,…) — you may want to consider them if it’s getting too frustrating the way it is now.
.. and now that Dell are shipping hardware with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed, that’s an even more realistic option. It can run Windows under VMware .. so you can get the best of both worlds.