Windows Blue Screen of Death

Windows - Fatal Exception Error Commonly Known as Blue Screen of Death

How to Deal with the Blue Screen of Death

There are thousands of causes for blue screens, and there are thousands of different error messages in the BSODs, but they fall into three general categories, in order of frequency - operating system file corruption, hardware failures, and application software conflicts.

The only way to determine the specific cause is, usually, to look up the specific error code contained within the blue screen of death.

Reason out the potential cause of why it happened:

• What were you doing immediately prior to the BSOD?

• What is the complete and exact error code?

• Is the BSOD caused by a specific action, and is it repeatable?

• How many times has it happened? Once, twice, thirty times?

• Is the error message exactly the same every time?

• How frequently does it happen? Once a day, a week, a month?

• What software were you using before it happened?

• Did you download something from an unsecured source just recently?

Almost all BSOD issues will require someone to physically analyze the PC before the issue can be resolved, so please don't imply that a quick fix is available for BSOD errors.

Usually you will get an error code that specifies:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer

If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup options, and then select safe mode.

Reboot your computer.

If you get a send message report, it sends all of your private information to Microsoft.

Blue Screen of Death can also cause your Operating System to slow down. Make sure you have the latest versions of Anit Virus and Spyware Destroyers and run them frequently. This will also help prevent Operating System corruption. Check you Performance in Task Manager.


Running frequent Disk Cleanup and Defragmenters will also help prevent Operating System corruption.


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