Vista screen of death

Log in. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Inactive Vista White Screen of Death. Thread starter phatdad Start date Aug 13, Status Not open for further replies. When I log on to windows it starts up normally but after 2 seconds the screen goes white. I can hit ctrl alt del and click on all the usual tasks but cannot actually open the task manager.

I restarted in safe mode but it just keeps rebooting the OS and never actually allows me to access the desktop in safe mode before it reboots.

I just want to save the documents and pics on my computer to a flash drive before doing a complete re-install of the OS. Welcome aboard Please, observe following rules: Read all of my instructions very carefully. Your mistakes during cleaning process may have very serious consequences, like unbootable computer. If you're stuck, or you're not sure about certain step, always ask before doing anything else. Please refrain from running any tools, fixes or applying any changes to your computer other than those I suggest.

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I close my topics if you have not replied in 5 days. The incident began with an attempt to load a simple Excel spreadsheet. Excel locked up, then I tried using Task Manager to remove Excel. Nothing happened, so I tried a reboot from Task Manager. And that didn't happen either, so I tried to close all my programs first. They locked up and turned that ghostly shade of white that Vista gives them when that happens.

So in desperation, I powered down. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Cookie Policy. Fulton, III Published 13 years ago. Got News? Contact Us. How to transform the role of a CISO for the digital-first economy. Attackers use Adobe Cloud to host phishing documents. Cybersecurity and the generation gap. The big three threat actors behind financial services attacks. The object here is to produce a verifier-enabled mini kernel dump that will hopefully provide the name of a non-ms driver.

Select 2nd option - Create custom settings for code developers 2. Select 2nd option - Select individual settings from a full list. Select last option - Select driver names from a list 5. Click on the Provider heading - sorts list by Provider 6. Click on Finish 8. In the interim, I need system information from you. Attach the resulting zip files to your next post. The full dbug log is attached. Posted 09 January - AM. I tried the Vista Driver Verifier twice and it ran fine no dump.

I followed the instructions you gave me and I attached a zip file with the output. Failed to read events. The data is invalid. ECHO is off. D O N E Does that mean there is something wrong with the event log?

How do I fix it? I got to jump thru hoops to get this to you. Posted 09 January - PM. Hi Ira - Very nice job splitting the zip files. Sorry you had so many obstacles. I should have mentioned the aggregate size involved.