Thank you Ramboi! I'll talk to my dad about the
possibility that heat may be doing it. I doubt he has a
problem with dust build-up since the system is only a
month old, but maybe he has a vent partially blocked.
The printer device does show up and is selected as his
default printer. He only has one printer installed --
That's the first thing I checked. I was afraid he might've
installed a second printer accidently when he set his
system up, or that he might've selected the wrong print
driver to install for his printer.
If checking for air-flow blockages doesn't work, I told
him I'll try reverting to last known good the next time I
go visit (probably next spring).
>-----Original Message-----
>Deanne,
>
>If you didn't install any external devices like printer,
scanner etc.. then
>this blue screen maybe coming from heat. This is a
common problem that most
>people are not aware of. You want to check the back of
your computer, make
>sure there is no dust on the fan, if there is then go to
the store to get a
>duster-spray.
>
>The printer icon under your printer panel, should have a
Check-mark, this tells
>you that it is set as a default printer.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>
>"Deanne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:06aa01c3a330$c6dbff10$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Shouldn't I be able to see the driver loaded someplace
>> though (It is XP)? When I look at the printer
properties,
>> it shows the correct driver. When I look at the settings
>> under the control panel, I don't see any sign of the bad
>> driver. I booted in safe mode and didn't see it loading
>> there, either.
>>
>> Is returning to the last known good pretty much a sure-
>> thing? Although I said "my" computer, this is really my
>> dad's computer I was trying to help with and I was
>> reluctant to uninstall the printer/scanner, or try
>> anything too risky because I was only in town for a
day. I
>> didn't/don't want turn an inconvenience (the blue
screens)
>> into a disaster and then take off and leave him to
>> struggle through it.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >You must have used the bad or wrong driver for your
>> computer.
>> >it's not fun with the blue screen, you should restart
>> your PC and select the
>> >last known good if this is 2000/XP, for ME it's a
>> different technique to
>> >rescue.
>> >
>> >Ramboi
>> >
>> >
>> >"Deanne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:11a001c3a220$5851e0c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> I'm getting random blue screens on Windows XP. The
event
>> >> log indicates the culprit is the Digital
DECcolorwriter
>> >> 1000 17. However, this is not a printer that is
>> installed
>> >> on this system. The installed printer is a Compaq C3-
>> >> 1000, which seems to be working correctly. Yesterday,
>> the
>> >> system seemed to be working fine, I walked away and
came
>> >> back a couple hours later to a blue screen, so it
>> doesn't
>> >> seem to be related to any specific activity that I
might
>> >> be doing. Any suggestions?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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