Windows 7 blue screening...how do I find out why

[Yokochanie]

Hi

I loaded windows 7 on a hard drive that duel boots between XP and Windows 7.

XP runs lovely, it always did. Windows 7 blue screens several times a day.
Usually when IE8 or media player is on, but it can just happen on a mouse
click. It never happens on it's own, but always if you are moving a window
around or clicking on something etc.

Can anyone suggest the best way i can track down the problem? Or is it
likely to be because of the duel boot. Everything i have heard about windows
7 suggests this problem is not norm al. I have down loaded latest drivers
and have kept about 80% of my applications off to try to give it a chance,
but it still goes down

Many thanks

 

[Dave-UK]

Hi

I loaded windows 7 on a hard drive that duel boots between XP and Windows 7.

XP runs lovely, it always did. Windows 7 blue screens several times a day.
Usually when IE8 or media player is on, but it can just happen on a mouse
click. It never happens on it's own, but always if you are moving a window
around or clicking on something etc.

Can anyone suggest the best way i can track down the problem? Or is it
likely to be because of the duel boot. Everything i have heard about windows
7 suggests this problem is not norm al. I have down loaded latest drivers
and have kept about 80% of my applications off to try to give it a chance,
but it still goes down

Many thanks

Try running this freeware program, BlueScreenView.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

It will load any dump files it finds and then list and highlight
any files it thinks may be causing the problem.

 

[Yokochanie]

Many thanks for that Dave,

I have now found out which driver it is and am attempting to get the
solution from MS help forums.

Thank you