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HELP-MY COMPUTER IS REBOOTING ITSELF!


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i am locked out of webpages

i downloaded a firewall program, and played with my Startup ( i unchecked everything except 6 things in the menu) so i wouldnt have to wait for all those useless programs to start on Startup.

then whenever i go to a webpage, my screen turns blue for a second and reboots itself.

EVERY TIME. ANY WEBPAGE.

i use FireFox.

i'm on a library computer so i won't be able to read replies until monday. if anyone knows anything that will help me i would be eternally grateful and will do a free portrait of someone who can fix my comp.

it lets me go to my homepage for a set amount of time, so i can read emails- [snip - remoted by admin for member privacy ~~ please use email link below or contact this member with this link https://testmy.net/forumz/profile.php?mode=email&u=483 ~~ please also post your answer here so that future members can have an answer to their ailment]

i CAN go on AIM without my computer rebooting- IM me my sn is

OneandOneareOne

thank you!

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O.K. i didn't uninstall firefox, first i checked to see if i could use IE. i had to search the comp for it and when i ran it, it worked, but it ran very, very slowly. so slowly i shut it down before it loaded up the homepage...

before i did that i went to ADD/REMOVE programs and got rid of everything i didn't recognize.

then i ran firefox again and came here and it hasn't rebooted.

i toggled the auto reboot mode and it said something about checking my disk space ( i have many gigs left ) and checking to see if any drivers are malfunctioning..i dont know how to do that.

on the bottom of the screen it told me what went wrong, but it is a language I can't understand-

STOP: 0x0000008E (0x0000005, 0x00000167, 0xF02CFCC8, 0x00000000)

i have no friggin idea what that means. thank you for the quick reply, and thanks for snipping my email out of there : )

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STOP: 0x0000008E (0x0000005, 0x00000167, 0xF02CFCC8, 0x00000000)

i have no friggin idea what that means.

Sounds like a memory fault, check your ram brotha! I just gave your brother like a gig of DDR and it fixed all his problems... kinda the same shit, big time memory dumps and shiz.. could be another problem... but I would look into the memory.

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STOP: 0x0000008E (0x0000005, 0x00000167, 0xF02CFCC8, 0x00000000

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A "STOP: 0x0000008E" error message occurs when you change the hardware acceleration setting

Article ID : 330187

Last Review : August 26, 2004

Revision : 2.0

This article was previously published under Q330187

SYMPTOMS

When you try to change the Hardware Acceleration setting in the Display tool in Control Panel from None to Full, you may receive the following Stop error message in Win32k.sys:

STOP: 0x0000008E (c0000005, bf875fc3, f07bcd48, 00000000)

KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

CAUSE

This issue is caused by a code problem in GDI+ (the graphics device interface for Windows XP)

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RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

Hotfix information

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date Time Version Size File name

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08-Oct-2002 01:15 5.1.2600.1130 1,694,336 Win32k.sys

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

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thank you all for your advice. right after i posted that last message and i closed the browser, it crashed again. here's what i did

1. tried to reformat- but i don't have a windows cd ( never came with my comp) so i used a system restore to the earliest point i could (last week)

then i downloaded the firewall ZoneAlert, re-installed and ran the web.

it crashed again

i shut down zone alert, and downloaded Spybot and got rid of FIfty things with it. now it seems to be working O.K. but it could crash right after i close this window again : (

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