BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER (blue screen of death)

[Guest]

Lately my Dell Computer (less than 1 year old) has been
crashing. What happens is that I will be working on
something and all of a sudden, the computer switches to
the blue screen of death with the following message:

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A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to
prevent damage to your computer.

BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error
screen, restart your computer. If this appears again:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is
properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask
your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows
updates you need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly
installed hardware of software. Disable BIOS memory
options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use
safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your
computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options,
then select Safe Mode.

Technical Information:

*****STOP: 0x000000FE(0x000000FE).....

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I am not sure where to start on this, I have a lot of
software installed on the computer, but nothing real
recent. I can't imagine trying to go thru all my
hardware and software, getting updates for all of them,
or should I?

HELP!

Sincerely,
Todd B Ridolph

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Please check the following Knowledge Base Article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331988&Product=winxp