computer Blue screen?

10 years ago

I have had this message pop up everyday now

"A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage.......................
It fills the whole screen and you have to shut down to get rid of it.

What is this all about. Its a blue screen, I saw something about it on you tube but a kid was talking about it and it made no sense.
Anyone know whats going on?

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jeaninwa
10 years ago
doesn't sound good
chloecat
10 years ago
In the IT world, that's know as the BSOD - Blue Screen of Death.

Your computer is about to die - likely the motherboard has issues, or your hard drive. You need to back up everything you want to save to some sort of external drive. Eventually, that message will show up, you'll power down, and it will not boot up.
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cat_ky
10 years ago
It doesnt always mean your computer is going to die, but, that is a good possibility. Sometimes, it just means that something is out of whack. It can be hardware related, or software related, or registry related, or any number of things. I would back up everything though, just in case. Try last known good configuration option, before you gvve up on the computer. Do your back ups first though. Good Luck.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
10 years ago
yes lots and lots of things cause a blue screen notice, does not mean it is going to die but does mean you need to correct the problem that is causing it to happen. You need to get all of the exact message that is on the blue screen write it down that is essential because there are dozens of blue screen messages and with out the one on your's no way to know what is causing it.
The other option is to go into the administrative tools section of control panel and then the event viewer and open each of the sections including system and look for any red or yellow flagged items double click on the entry and it will give you the info for what is causing the red flag, it will have a code number or event number write that down all of this stuff you have written down can then be googled to find out exactly what it relates to.
You have to get it all exactly as it is written down, google it, and there it will tell you if it is some of your software causing it or hardware or if you have a system problem etc.

You can go to this forum which is dedicated to helping people with a blue screen problem and they will be happy to help.
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golfergrrl
10 years ago
It could be something simple. Something on my computer didn't like an antivirus program I tried using. It kept blue-screening until
I un-installed it. No further problems.
cynic
10 years ago
It could be a lot of things. You should be backing up critical data regularly anyway but if you haven't, do it. Shut off everything running in the background that can be shut off, disconnect from the internet and backup if needed.

Now before assuming the world is coming to an end, as said it can be a lot of things. More often than not it's a software conflict. Seldom is it a hardware issue. A driver issue is common too. Follow the instructions ravencajun gave. It's also possible it's a bad memory module or simply a parity error.

Have you installed software recently? Hardware? Are you doing your Windows Updates regularly? Have you changed drivers on something? Have you done a malware check? Scandisk? Defrag?
nycefarm_gw
10 years ago
Ditto LindaKathy. I usually shoot the screen with my phone and send the photo to my IT nephew for him to worry about. And then I have a record of when and what the errors were.