Vista Crashing

[mretzloff]

Periodically, Vista crashes. I get a clue screen saying something. I'm not quick enough to read it all, but it said something about BIOS and disabling it or something.

I have no clue what's causing this. I'm running Windows Vista on a Dell Inspiron 530 with Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550, 2 GB RAM, and a 250 GB hard drive.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Route44]

This really doesn't give us anything to go on so I suggest reading the advice in the following link, do the advice, and let us know if any of the advice helps or not.

https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic51365.html

 

[mretzloff]

On Vista, how can I get the BSOD to show and not restart on critical errors? One guide said how to, but that was for XP.

 

[Route44]

I don't know if it is different in Vista but can you find your minidumps like this:

My Computer > C Drive > Windows Folder > Minidump Folder > Mindump Files. We need these files. Attach in your next post.

 

[mretzloff]

When I try to attach it, it says that I don't have permission, blah, blah blah. How can I override that? (I'm signed in as the admin)

 

[Route44]

For clarification: Is TechSpot saying you don't have permission or is it Vista?

 

[mretzloff]

It's Vista.