Control Panel crashing XP

[Caleb]

I've just added some hardware in my PC, and now when i go into Control Panel
the system freezes or the Control Panel crashes.

Then i get a BSOD with a 0x0000008e KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
error. When i restart i get, windows has recovered from a severe problem.

I removed the new hardware, but this still happens.

Does anybody know why this is, can i fix it without doing a clean install?

Thanx in advance.

Caleb.

 

[Caleb]

Does this help, more code

Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 89423b6c, parameter3
9b448a70, parameter4 00000000.

 

[Gerry]

Caleb

STOP: 0x0000008E (0x0000005, 0x89423b6c, 0x9b448a70, 0x00000000)
What appears on the line below the one above?

Background information on Stop Error message 0x8E
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms794023.aspx

0x0000008E: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
A kernel mode program generated an exception which the error handler
didn't catch. These are nearly always hardware compatibility issues
(which sometimes means a driver issue or a need for a BIOS upgrade).
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

Are there important data files not backed up you need to recover. If yes
you need to do that first.

What is the computer make and model? When was the computer purchased
new? Do you have access to a second computer? What make and model?

What do you have by way of a Windows XP CD?

What are the anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements on the computer?

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Patrick Keenan]

I've just added some hardware in my PC, and now when i go into Control
Panel
the system freezes or the Control Panel crashes.

Then i get a BSOD with a 0x0000008e KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M
error. When i restart i get, windows has recovered from a severe problem.

I removed the new hardware, but this still happens.

Does anybody know why this is, can i fix it without doing a clean install?

Thanx in advance.

Caleb.

Also remove the drivers for the new secret hardware.

HTH
-pk