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Old 01-21-2007, 01:06 PM
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Talking How do I sustain the blue screen of death?

I have a webcam that doesn't have the feature of turning itself off when it's not being used, so it remains on as long as the computer does. I've taken to unplugging it from the computer when not in use, but recently this has caused my computer to crash. It's crashed twice, and twice I've tried to determine what the code on the blue screen of death is so I can figure out what's going on, but my computer restarts itself and the blue screen retreats far too quickly. How can I get the blue screen to stay on my computer long enough for me to read its contents?
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Old 01-21-2007, 04:02 PM
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Ok, Press the WinKey(next to CTRL key) + pause key, this will bring up your Sytem Properties screen, click on Advanced tab, then scroll down to "Startup & Recovery" and UNCHECK the box next to "Automatically Restart". Then the next time you get the BSOD, there will be an explanation as to why it crashed!
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Old 01-21-2007, 04:38 PM
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Hmmm...

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

STOP: 0 x 0000000A (0 x 00000068, 0 x 00000002, 0 x 00000000, 0 x 804F98B7)

Breaking open "Windows XP Inside Out Delux Edition," I know this means that a kernel-mode process or driver attempted to access a memory location without authorization, and that this STOP error is typically caused by faulty or incompatible hardware or software. Butt his book was written by Microsoft, so I don't understand exactly what happened. I understand that the name of the offending device driver often appears in the STOP error and can provide an important clue to solving the problem, but the name must be written in ASCII or something because I didn't see/recognize it. Additional research into the values in parentheses turned up nothing.

What's going on is this: I plug in the webcam and unplug it. the computer DOESN'T crash. I plug it in, make a video with it, exit out of Movie Maker, unplug the webcam, and the computer DOES crash. This, as I said, is a recent phenomenon. Do I need to uninstall and reinstall my webcam?

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Additional information: The crash only happens when the saved movie file is still in its originally saved spot; removing it by moving or deleting before unplugging the webcam doesn't cause the crash. Also, some research and a forced crash later, I've determined that the driver details aren't given by the blue screen.

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Old 01-21-2007, 06:16 PM
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I would as you said uninstall and reinstall my webcam can't hurt and might help!!!
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