Need help to fix computer error!
 

Im still rocking XP because i knew vista was trash all along. Ive never had a single problem with my computer so far since 2002. Yesterday i got blue screened, i was just doing my normal thing checking the forums and email and BAM blue screened, it only flashed for a split second saying it had a serious error and was shutting down to protect itself.

It then attempted to restart itself and blue screened again so as it was attempting to boot up a 3rd time unplugged everything and turned the wireless network off. It booted up and i choose to boot up normal and everything was normal. It gave me the error report and i did my normal stuff so i figured all was good, and as soon as pressed the button to enable the wireless internet it blue screened agian...........:neutral: so now my wireless internet wont work. (im plugged into my router right now in safe mode if your wondering)

So i tried to restore to a week previous to try an undo the error, and it didnt work, so i read the tech data for the error, and it gives me two files that will be included in the error report, thinking these were the root of my problem i was going to remove them, but i cant find them, they are:

C:\DOCUME~1\Ross\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa7fd.dir00\Mini0 11310-02.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\Ross\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERa7fd.dir00\sysda ta.xml

If anyone on here can PLEASE help me get this sorted out i will definetly compensate them:yes: (in the form of goods or a GC to the store once it is fixed) i just dont wanna pay HP tech support $100 when there is no garuntee they can help, SO if you think you can help me PLEASE post here or PM me or call me at 903-733-3902. Id rather give to one of my fellow memebers than to so tech guy i cant even understand who keeps telling me to talk slowly (im from arkansas its not like i talk 90mph)

thanks guys!

1 - those two files are just the report that would be sent to microsoft. deleting them wouldn't do anything.
2 - best bet is to reinstall your wireless drivers.
3 - try running "bluescreenview" - it gives the actual error. Which will probably be something with your wireless drivers. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

Tony

I don't care about compensation, btw. If you reinstall your drivers, and that doesn't help, let us know here. And post the results of bluescreenview either way, it'll give us better direction on where to look.

yes it is prob your wireless drivers....or your Ethernet card may be on its way out

so should i install a new driver from from HP and remove this old one?

yea.. hp offers driver packages for some models. its prefered if you could get one of those as it may weed out other potential issues...

do you have the possibility to check your router at another PC or Laptop?

if you post up you computer model number i can find the package for you

the blue screen view thing says ALL the crashes were caused by

-NDIS.sys driver
-NDIS.sys+18f0f (address)
-NDIS 5.1 wrapper driver (discription)

yes we have 4 others in the house and no router problems its this CP

its a HP dv1040us


and what the hell is a "wrapper driver" ?

before you get a new driver try this
Unplug the ethernet cable
control panel
device manager
right click on your ethernet card or controller
properties...
TCP/IP settings......
Use other IP address....
uninstall the antivirus security NDIS (Antivirus) mini filter if you have one...
restart
plug cable back in

wrapper drivers kinda make them universal... its really so it can be used on diff operating systems

if the above doesnt work http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...product=433749

i gotta go to a meeting ill be back in a couple hours and ill get that done and let you know how it does.

thanks

have you all service packs on XP?

If nothing helps try to install cfosSpeed to managethe Lans

A driver wrapper is software that functions as an adapter between an operating system and a driver, such as a device driver, that was not designed for that operating system. It can enable the use of devices for which no drivers for the particular operating system are available. In particular, as of 2009[update] Microsoft Windows is the dominant family of operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers, and many devices are supplied with drivers for Windows but not other operating systems.

how do you know that vista are trash. yeah you heard....
did have Vista for two years without any issues
BSOD are caused by failed drivers or failed hardware.
advice:

reinstall system
get software like Acronis TrueImage and make system image of freshly installed OS
then start installing all the drivers
after u have all the drivers working make another system image
start installing your applications.
Make final baseline image with working system.

im with wallot ive had vista since it first came out with no issues.. the problem is people who try and screw around with the system not knowing what they are doing...

I ran vista for years with no issues (never mind how it imploded at the end...), and windows 7 is really 90% vista. Vista just had driver issues early on that gave everyone such a bad taste of it. And that's more about third party cooperation then about Microsoft (though their vendor distribution really left little room for companies to really test their new drivers before launch). The other thing that hurt vista was how much underpowered hardware was sold as "vista ready" and packaged with vista that had every bell & whistle on (plus a bunch of junk software) so they ran like dogs, and people blamed vista for it.

On the original topic, how're things working so far?

cant find the TCP/IP settings, i was in the device manager and looked under the card, controller, and adpater and none of them had anything about the TCP/IP.

i guess ill start updating the drivers now......

weird how you dont have tcp settings on your card just do the driver updates and that should fix the problem... if not it is deff a hardware problem

did the driver updates and it is working at the moment but its extremely slow

and i still dont have the tcp/ip settings

i tried plugging in the cable agian and the speed came back so i guess i still have a problem because this laptop is the only one that is being slow.......

speed is something completely separate from the driver problem tho.... slow internet speed can be related to cluttered files or a poor connection

if you need a walk thru on anything else just lemme know

Slow speed might possibly have to do with the router, so I would try at least unplugging it for 30ish seconds, then plugging it back in. That probably won't help, but it's worth a try.

If you really need the wifi and it's just unusable in this condition, then I would suggest either replacing the wifi card in the laptop with a different one if that's possible (I looked up your laptop, and I would hazard a guess that it has a regular mini PCI slot (based on the fact that it has DDR RAM, and I've only ever seen mini PCI express slots on laptops with DDR2 RAM), so you would need a mini PCI wifi card if the chip is not built into the motherboard). If the chip is built in, or if you don't know how to find out, the safe way would be to buy a PCMCIA or Card Bus (like this) (which are really the same as far as I know, so it doesn't matter a whole lot which you buy) wifi card.

Or you could buy a USB wifi adapter (like this. I have one and it works well), but I find them to stick out rather awkwardly on laptops.

Good luck,
Brijar!!!

actaully i found the range settings were jacked with after i had installed the new driver so i turned the power all the way up and the speed came back, although i every now and then it stalls for a second and then goes on like normal......