Anybody Else Had An Inordinate Number Of BSOD's In The Past Few Months ??

Anybody Else Had An Inordinate Number Of BSOD's In The Past Few Months ?? Aug 9, 2018 18:52:05 GMT Admin likes this

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Post by msdemos on Aug 9, 2018 18:52:05 GMT

Starting earlier in the year (might have been about February or March), my 3 year old Dell PC (Windows 10), which had previously been ROCK-solid, suddenly started experiencing a number of BSOD's (computer suddenly crashes, and displays the "Blue Screen Of Death", requiring a shut down and restart, in order to get back up and running).

At first, it would only be every 3, or 4, or 5 days, but as time went on, it seemed to be happening more and more frequently (and every time, always ending with an audible "stuttering" sound coming from the speakers, which didn't stop until the system was shut down). To make matters worse, it never seemed to be happening with any discernible pattern, or when using a particular program(s), app, and/or any particular (video/gaming/streaming, etc.) website, which made it difficult to zero in on just what might be going on.

And, as I mentioned, my PC is not that old, and all of the fans, the power source, and all my other hardware seemed to be working fine, so I pretty much ruled out any problems inside the case, which can sometimes be the problem (especially where it comes to overheating).

After researching and trying MANY of the different diagnosis/solution procedures that are out there on the web with absolutely NO success, eventually I resorted to the deletion of programs installed on my computer, that might have been directly causing, or associated in some way to the problem itself.

My first stop was Iolo's, System Mechanic. Completely deleted it, and tried things out, but, no luck. Within a day or two, my computer was back to intermittent crashes.

Next, came my anti-virus program, which was Kaspersky's Internet Security, and............Voilà !!! What had been an ongoing problem for months on end, SUDDENLY was completely gone, and my system was back to being the same old rock-solid PC I had been enjoying before this strange, and REALLY annoying odyssey, first began.

It's been two full months since I stumbled on my particular solution (ended up replacing Kaspersky with BitDefender), and I haven't looked back.

All I can figure, is that one of the Kaspersky updates was either faulty, or something related to that program, or one of those files, somehow got corrupted, and ended up at the root of this problem (as most of you who read this can probably tell, though I do have SOME 'self-taught' computer knowledge gained from two decades, or so, of personal computer use, I am, OBVIOUSLY, no computer expert!).

So why relate this experience? For no other reason than the fact there may be somebody else who may have been, or is, experience the same, or a similar problem. And even though my particular solution might not be the one that can help them, I've learned that sometimes just reading what somebody else has tried in a similar circumstance, can eventually lead to trying something that DOES end up working.

So, if this helps somebody else, great........if not, at least I tried.......

SAVE FERRIS

Anybody Else Had An Inordinate Number Of BSOD's In The Past Few Months ?? Aug 10, 2018 7:10:40 GMT

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Post by mslo79 on Aug 10, 2018 7:10:40 GMT

Nice to see you got it working.

but in general... if your careful, the default Windows Defender is always a safe bet to NOT mess up your computer since it comes with Windows 10. it's what I use but I am pretty careful on what I install on my computer which helps minimize my chances of a virus etc. I also generally avoid any extra security software as it's just more BS on the computer especially stuff that actively runs in the background just burns up more CPU cycles and taxes the system etc. trust me, following that simple advice, you should be pretty safe online (although what I say in the "p.s" section below is even better for those who don't use their computers for much beyond basic internet use).

NOTE: but if you had your computer for 3 years with Windows 10... it's probably a good idea to clean install Windows 10 once in a while to clear off the junk on your computer since it will delete everything on the drive and install Windows 10 from scratch. you said it's been 3 years since you got it and assuming Windows 10 was on it that long, it might not be a bad idea if you get some free time to wipe the drive and start fresh especially if there has been a lot of random junk installed on it since that time. if not, your probably good enough as is.

p.s. but for those who don't do much on their computer besides general internet use... they are probably better off using something like Linux Mint (I currently use Linux Mint v19 MATE on my backup computer which is a 10 year old laptop(HP DV5-1002nr) that I put a SSD in it recently to boost loading speed) since it's immune to a lot of the junk that effects windows by default. like those people who randomly click stuff online and run random software and get viruses on their computers, this will stop pretty much all of that from happening since it's not Windows (and it has it's own software app that only gets software from trusted sources) and a high percentage of malicious software online effects Windows since it's the dominate OS with about 83% of the entire desktop/laptop market. Linux on the other hand only has about 2%. also, if you think it sounds all complicated you can actually test it out on your computer without installing it by running it from a bootable USB flash drive which allows you to test it out and it won't alter your computer in any way by running it from the USB thumb drive. if one decides they like it, you can install it to your computer from the install icon on the desktop. but anyways, it only requires 1GB of RAM but 2GB is preferred which means just about any computer still in use can run it.

EDIT: www.myce.com/news/free-windows-defender-scores-top-product-in-windows-10-security-products-test-84766/ ; shows Windows Defender does pretty well there to.