a little help

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i'm in work and my pc just went funny(flashing and popping in between two windows)

then the screen went black and it said dumped to disk. it wouldn't let me shut down or do anything. then it started back up. everything seens normal. i did a virus scan, and nothing showed up.. has anyone ever got this before!?

RE*AC*TOR

windows xp?

if so - i think this affected the first verion of windows xp (pre sp1)

boy1er1990

never heard of it, and never happened to me. i would say it just froze up or slowede up or something and just crashed, i never saw a computer crashing but that sounds like your computer crashed!

sorry i aint got ant real help, try sending a e-mail to the manufacturer or salesperson...

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i'm not too sure if its windows xp. how do i find out? i dont want to bother the it staff if theres nothing wrong with it.

kinkstr

When you start your computer, you should see a spalsh screen that will say "Windows XP" or "Windows 98" etc.

RE*AC*TOR

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i'm not too sure if its windows xp. how do i find out? i dont want to bother the it staff if theres nothing wrong with it.

as a rule of thumb, wait and see if it happens a second time - then bug the staff. it is microsoft after all - they are the spawn of satan.

Stephen

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it is microsoft after all - they are the spawn of satan.

Oh please. They're a corporation whose goal is to maximise profit and share prices. You may not like them but that hardly makes them the spawn of satan.

RE*AC*TOR

Stephen wrote:

Oh please. They're a corporation whose goal is to maximise profit and share prices. You may not like them but that hardly makes them the spawn of satan.

you're crazy - they are the spawn of satan - i really mean it - i feel strongly about this - i was in no way being glib.

Capt'n Midnight

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i'm not too sure if its windows xp. how do i find out? i dont want to bother the it staff if theres nothing wrong with it.

That's what they are there for :rolleyes:

Seriously they'll probably tell you that windows does that every so often (true) and if it appears to be fine, then happy days, but if it keeps doing it then to let them know..

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well when it happened it was lunch(and still is). I'll wait and see. cheers(i'm a total blonde when it comes to p.c's

jor el

When it said 'dumped to disk' was the screen blue? If so there's nothing to worry about at all. The Blue Screen of Death is a well documented 'feature' of all variants of the Windows operating system

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either blue or black i cant remember i started to panic at that point!

stevenmu

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i'm not too sure if its windows xp. how do i find out? i dont want to bother the it staff if theres nothing wrong with it.

You can right-click the 'My Computer' icon on the desktop and go to 'Properties', that should tell you what version of windows you're using.

This kind of thing happens with PCs all the time, unless it happens regularly or there's a certain set of actions make it happen, don't worry about it. Just save your work as you go along and you'll be fine.

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cheers, well nothings happened since then.
thank you