BSoD when resizing video player window (Vista x64 - bootcamp)

Well, it seems I've gotten my first BSoD in years, in boot camp, Vista x64.

I was watching a movie, and exited full-screen, and for some reason I wanted to resize VLC's window (the one that has the movie playing) - while the movie was playing.

The audio froze and then bam! BSoD. It was kinda quick, I didn't get to see which .dll caused it.

Could it be an audio issue since the audio froze? Or a video issue since that's where it all started from?

Cheers!

 

That could be anything from a driver fault, background software running wild, VLC acting up, hardware issue or simply a random unlucky crash that won't happen for again for a long time.
You'll need to give us more info before we can give you any usefull advice. I recommend you change the settings so that when the BSoD happens again, the screen freezes so you can jot down the error code. I'm not sure how to do this on XP but I know TuneUp Utilities gives you that option. http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/ The 30 day trial should be long enough for you to catch the crash if it happens again.

When you have that error code etc, then gooogle it and you'll probably find others with the same issue and how it got solved (IF it got solved).

Hope that helps!

 

Try to recreate the event.

 

Or just don't run Windows! LOL

 

In all versions of windows you can disable the automatic reboot following a BSoD by going to System Properties -> Startup and Recovery -> and unchecking "automatically restart"

This will give you a chance to write down the error code. You can also change where it writes the memory dump if you want to as that might be useful for debugging purposes.

If it's a one off BSoD though I wouldn't suggest it since you really just want the reboot to take place so you can get back to do what you were doing.

 

Thanks for all the replies guys, but the thing is, I keep resizing video windows like crazy now, no more BSoD. It's really strange...