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    Updating = bluescreen?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by thatguy, Dec 14, 2007.

  1. thatguy

    thatguy Newbie

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    So I went through, installed SP1 for Vista, defragged my drive, did some other random cleanup, and locked my pagefile at 2345mb. Now, for whatever reason, I get blue screens whenever I try to download a torrent (happened using flashget and utorrent), and a couple times even without that. Only error from the blue screen I can recall is something along the lines of
    Page_error_in_unpaged_location
    or something of that sort. Any one have any ideas?
     
    thatguy, Dec 14, 2007
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    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Turn off auto restart after a blue-screen and write down the error message next time it happens. Check the event viewer for errors. We can work from there.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Dec 14, 2007
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Why don't you let the system manage the size of the pagefile? I don't want to sound aggressive or challenging, but do you know better? The BSOD you mentioned is reporting that it had to do with your pagefile.
     
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    thatguy Newbie

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    I had set the pagefile before without such errors, so I wasn't expecting it this time, but it makes sense - I was just wondering if there was another possible cause, especially since it seems linked to torrents. I'll make sure to write things down next time.
     
    thatguy, Dec 14, 2007
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    thatguy Newbie

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    BCCode: 1000008e
    BCP1: C0000005
    BCP2: 9B4056F3
    BCP3: AAF1FA48
    BCP4: 00000000
    OS Version: 6_0_6001
    Service Pack: 1_0
    Product: 768_1

    This is what I got from the "problem details" after windows starts - the BSOD gave me a STOP and a bunch of generic info (nothing about page this time - this was linked to a torrent).
     
    thatguy, Dec 15, 2007
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  6. Nrbelex

    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Unfortanetely you have Vista and I have XP, so I can't help out too much, but I'd try searching for the error. I'd also reinstall the bittorrent program and check the event viewer.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Dec 15, 2007
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    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    it's probably best to leave things like that alone, there is no point messing with them.
     
    eyecon82, Dec 15, 2007
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    It seems like it was due to sp1 - I uninstalled, and haven't been thrown out on a torrent yet. I'll wait 'till the actual release I suppose. If anyone has any explanation or has seen something similar, do share.
     
    thatguy, Dec 15, 2007
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