[DSLEO]

Hi All!

Just a quick question.

Lately my laptop has been bringing up a "blue screen". It's happened three or four times now. The last time it occured was sometime early last week.

It's not an error screen, and I wish I could remember what exactly it said - but it basically says that if this is the first time you've seen it, try and restart. It's not a good message.

I had a friend see it one day when it happened and they said it means I have a virus on my laptop. However, I've since run my virus protection (Trend Micro) a number of time and it's not finding anything.

I'm not very tech savvy - and not exactly sure what I should do at this point. It hasn't caused me any problems thus far. Every time that screen has come up, I just reboot and it goes away.

Suggestions? Any other info needed?

I use Vista and all default settings as far as firewalls, etc.

[Osiris]

That would be a BSOD

[DSLEO]

BSOD?

Blue Screen of Death?

[veedubfreak]

Depending on the age of your computer, it could be time to run some maintenance on your hard drive. You probably should run a checkdisk to see if the hard drive is having issues.

[DSLEO]

My computer is basically new. Purchased within the last 6 months.

How do I run a checkdisk?

[veedubfreak]

open my computer, then right click on the c: drive, go to properties and click the tools tab. There is a button for "error checking".

[Mak213]

Originally Posted by DSLEO

My computer is basically new. Purchased within the last 6 months.

How do I run a checkdisk?

Doesn'tmatter if a PC is 6 years old or 6 minutes old. When browsing the web anything can happen without the proper maintenance. Google for CCleaner and do as veedub said and run a check disk.

[Osiris]

How is this coming along?