roosthrower Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 Can someone please help me? Whenever I get connected to the internet my computer randomly gets this error message usually right after I click on something to bring up a new page. The error message says that a fatal error has occured and the screen turns blue. It says that I can continue normally by pressing any key, but the screen stays the same. I have to turn of the computer and restart it. I have ran scan disk atleast 20 times but it never seems to help. I have windows 98. It is driving me crazy being forced to restart my computer every 5 mins of surfing. It also occurs alot when I'm chatting on aim. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Quote
John19 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 What web browser are you running and what operating system? Quote
roosthrower Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Posted May 25, 2004 internet explorer. I don't know the operating system. Quote
CombatTalon2 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 he said "windows 98" BSOD (blue screen of death) try installing a new Internet explorer, or try downloading Mozilla or some other browser and see if you still get the BSOD. Quote
phreak Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 have you added any new hardware or software to your computer? Quote
PolyKarbon Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 (edited) The Blue Screen of Death means your computer is over heating. Have you installed any new hardware? If so, it may be constricting air flow and you may need to install a new fan. EDIT- I think I may have been wrong-- check out http://www.ntbrad.com/bsod.htm Edited May 25, 2004 by PolyKarbon Quote
CombatTalon2 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 I had this (or similar) problem with my win 98 machine (500Mhz, 256MB ram, 13GB HDD) what basically ended up happening is a complete reformat, and resinstall of win 98SE, after that, no more BSOD. I would still try to uninstall some uneeded programs, and then reinstall IE, or replace with Mozilla browser good luck, i hate Win98 Quote
boonman Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 Windowz 98 cannot support too much Peripheral business.. It is useless. My laptop runs 98, I can't load anything else. It crashes often..... Quote
knight_ripper Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 Get a new computer with at least a 1 gig chip....256 ram....a 120 gig hard drive (cause I know you like pron).....and running win xp. I would tell you to get a linux machine, but I doubt you would know what that is. Next get DSL. That will solve all your problems. Also, that will be 150 dollars...... Quote
KRMit Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 If your PC specs are around 400MHz or better with at LEAST 128MB RAM, upgrade to Win2k. That'll save you many headaches. Win98 blows. I suppose your error could be due to spyware or even a virus but I doubt it. 98 just doesn't like it when stuff gets added or changed. Quote
ledofthezep Posted May 25, 2004 Report Posted May 25, 2004 Have you tried reinstalling your AIM? Quote
roosthrower Posted May 26, 2004 Author Report Posted May 26, 2004 I am going to try to reinstall aim and get the mozilla browser. thanks for all of the replies. Quote
hamuel Posted May 26, 2004 Report Posted May 26, 2004 mouse and modem conflicting if both on com1 or one is com1 or com3 or one is com2 and other is com4. Quote
roosthrower Posted May 27, 2004 Author Report Posted May 27, 2004 I have concluded that it is my aim account. I haven't had a problem when I am not signed on AIM. Quote
KRMit Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 I have concluded that it is my aim account. I haven't had a problem when I am not signed on AIM. It wouldn't be anything wrong with your AIM account. Maybe with the program though. Just reinstall with the latest version. It would also be a good idea to download Spybot and scan your computer. Quote
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