Unfortunately, BSOD's are something all Windows users have to live with.
And the more adventurous you are, the more of them you'll see.

However, there IS something you can do about the dreaded blue screens - you
can change them to another color!  So you can have RSOD's or GSOD's etc.
Try this:
Go to Start\Run and type 'sysedit'.  Find the SYSTEM.INI file and modify it
thus:

In the [386Enh] add the entries:

MessageTextCOLOR=X
MessageBackCOLOR=X

Where X is replace by the number for each of the following colours:

Black = 0
Blue = 1
Green = 2
Cyan = 3
Red = 4
Magenta = 5
Yellow/Brown = 6
Grey = 8
Bright Blue = 9
Bright Green = A
Bright Cyan = B
Bright Red = C
Bright Magenta = D
Bright Yellow = E

Or, go here:
http://toastytech.com/files/bsod.html
...and pick up a little utility to do it for you.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alice Blankenship" Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] The blue screen of Death.


> I don't know if this has been answered yet, but unfortunately that's what
> computers do.....sometimes a lot...I have an built-from-the-motherboard-up
> computer and it does it. I had a Hewlett-Packard Pavillion before
> that....it did it.....Welcome to the club!
> Alice

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