Windows has recovered from a serious error!

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3 times over the past 3 days, Windows has rebooted itself w/o prompting.
Each time I was doing something different. After rebooting, I get an error
message that says Windows has recovered from a serious error and a log has
been created. The last log read as follows:

C\Documents & Settings\Andrea\Local\Temp\Werlc62.dir00\mini0414-07.dmp
C\Documents & Settings\Andrea\Local\Temp\Werlc62.dir00\sysdata.xml

Does anyone know what this means? I'm guessing it isn't a good thing. Is
Windows possibly going on me or could it be my hard drive? I seem to be
having a rash of problems with my computer recently. At one point I thought
I might be infected w/malware but I followed a procedure from HiJack This
forum and there was no issue. Some programs don't install correctly; others
won't uninstall. Sometimes when I reboot, my display is slightly offcenter
with a black strip going down one side of the screen and I have to manually
adjust. I thought it might be my monitor going bad but now I don't think so.
I've backed up all of my stuff just to be safe. Would a reinstall of
Windows be the best bet? Thanks!

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to serious error

You Receive a "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error" Message After Every Restart
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q317277

You may also refer to the following Microsoft KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251
The HaxDoor virus may cause a "STOP 0x00000050" or "STOP 0x0000008e" error message
After you log on, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Windows
The system has recovered from a serious error.
A log of this error has been created.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
etc

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|3 times over the past 3 days, Windows has rebooted itself w/o prompting.
| Each time I was doing something different. After rebooting, I get an error
| message that says Windows has recovered from a serious error and a log has
| been created. The last log read as follows:
|
| C\Documents & Settings\Andrea\Local\Temp\Werlc62.dir00\mini0414-07.dmp
| C\Documents & Settings\Andrea\Local\Temp\Werlc62.dir00\sysdata.xml
|
| Does anyone know what this means? I'm guessing it isn't a good thing. Is
| Windows possibly going on me or could it be my hard drive? I seem to be
| having a rash of problems with my computer recently. At one point I thought
| I might be infected w/malware but I followed a procedure from HiJack This
| forum and there was no issue. Some programs don't install correctly; others
| won't uninstall. Sometimes when I reboot, my display is slightly offcenter
| with a black strip going down one side of the screen and I have to manually
| adjust. I thought it might be my monitor going bad but now I don't think so.
| I've backed up all of my stuff just to be safe. Would a reinstall of
| Windows be the best bet? Thanks!
|