Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a
fatal error, which causes your system to stop instantly by
displaying of blue screen of death and an error message. Many a
times a computer user is terrified on seeing this Blue screen
of Death. The BSOD errors are caused by defective device
drivers, a faulty memory (RAM), corrupt registry, and
incompatible DLL files. The following steps will help you deal
with blue screen of death.
A
Defective Driver Leads to Blue Screen Of
Death You may get BSOD error after
installing a new driver for a new device or updating the old
one. The windows xp operating system helps you troubleshoot
this problem by using its tool - Device Manager. This tool
helps you when upgrading or reinstalling of a
device, and also fixes the problems at the time of
installation.
To bring
up the Device Manager tool in your windows xp system, you
need to go to the Control Panel to display the Control Panel
window. Next, you select the System option to display the
System Properties dialog box and select the Device Manager
button on the Hardware tab. This displays a list of installed
hardware components including the faulty device. Next,
select the faulty device and right-click to display its
properties. You can update the driver or reinstall
it.
Defective
Memory A faulty
memory card can be a major cause for BSOD. If you get an error
message related to memory or a hardware device, then you must
check if your memory card is put in the right slot on the
mother board. You should check if it is connected properly. In
case he problem persists, you may need to replace the system
RAM.
Damaged
Registry Your computer might show some
error message such as BSOD due to Windows registry problems.
This happens when a corrupt program data keeps accumulating in
the registry of your operating system. This, in turn, damages
the registry and causes several errors including fatal errors.
Therefore, a regular registry scan
of your system helps you prevent these fatal errors by removing
unwanted information from the system registry.
DLL
Errors The DLL errors occur when an
existing DLL version is overwritten by an older version of DLL
file. This error can also occur because of installation of
software, which is not compatible with your operating system.
The DLL errors can be fixed by updating the installed
application. You can also copy the correct version of DLL file
on your system.
System
Updates
You can go to Microsoft’s website and follow the instructions
given here to identify the errors on your system. Inadequate
maintenance of your PC also causes these fatal errors, which
lead to BSOD. However, you can prevent these errors by
constantly updating your system software and regular use of
registry cleaning tool to
eliminate such errors.
