OK, this has happened twice now in the last 10 days or so, and never before. I'm doing stuff on my pc, with several windows open (IE, Outlook, Dreamweaver...) and suddenly my screen goes into the "Blue Screen" with error message that says it has shut down windows to prevent [further problems] and a code that reads:



BCCode : c2 BCP1 : 00000007 BCP2 : 00000CD4 BCP3 : 02060006
BCP4 : 83A654A0 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 256_1


C:\DOCUME~1\AIMEEH~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERcfeb.dir00\Mini050808-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\AIMEEH~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERcfeb.dir00\sysdata.xml


I have not installed any new hardware lately... why is this happening and what does it mean for my pc?

We want to run the offline crash diagnostics to get a quick snapshot at what could possibly be the problem with you getting Blue screen error messages.

First we want to download the offline crash diagnostic. You can obtain that here
Now we want to Run the Offline Crash Diagnostic tool
After you save the WindowsXP-KB923800-ENU.exe file, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the WindowsXP-KB923800-ENU.exe file to install the Offline Crash Diagnostic tool.
The installer adds the Offline Crash Diagnostic tool files to the %Windir%\Pchealth\Helpctr\Binaries folder.
2. Click Start, click Run, type ocadiagnostic.exe ,and then click OK to run the Offline Crash Diagnostic tool.
3. Agree to let the tool send information to Microsoft. Then, click Next.
The tool performs the following tasks:

• The tool determines the number of dump files on the computer.
• The tool finds any dump files that are located in the %Windir%\Minidump folder. You can choose to send all the dump files, or you can choose to send individual dump files.
Note The last 10 dump files to be created are collected. Dump files are not collected if they are more than one year old.
• The tool automatically sends the dump files to the Office Crash Diagnostic Microsoft database Web site for analysis.
• The tool downloads the response URLs.
• The tool displays the response IDs. The tool also provides hyperlinks to the Office Crash Diagnostic Web site.

Go ahead and report back the Response IDS with your next post.