My computer randomly shuts down or freezes up, and when it reboots it says "windows has encountered a serious error" blah blah blah and gives me the codes....
So, I googled sysdata.xml and came up with a LOT of stuff...seems there is a whole slew of people having this problem before. Some claim it is a problem with Windows XP, some with compatibility issues, some say it is Microsoft's way of spying on the comp by wanting you to send the error reports and looking for pirated versions, some say it is a Graphic card/ driver issue, some say it is BIOS related and has to do with the temperature of the motherboard, some say it is RAM related-
Then there is the very long list of what every seems to think is the solution for each problem.
The list goes on and on..
What do I do??
Last edited by Playa24_7 on Jul-19-2005 at 07:00
Jul-19-2005 06:50
Surreal JRS
Balearic Sunset
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Kicking it in Toronto, Canada
Do you actually have an ATI RADEON video card?
If you do, it might be worth checking out the Microsoft Knowledge base article and updating your display drivers as they suggest.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Flatten and reinstall.
Jul-19-2005 11:26
zokissima
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Flatten and reinstall.
yup yup, the solution to all windows problems
Jul-19-2005 12:11
Surreal JRS
Balearic Sunset
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Kicking it in Toronto, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Flatten and reinstall.
Be sure to download the latest and greatest version of "Windows" from: http://www.freebsd.org/
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Jul-19-2005 12:15
wacky
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Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Richmond Hill
You want to solve all your problems?
Buy an Apple.
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Jul-19-2005 12:38
Irishaddict
professional
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: St. Catharines
Buy an external harddrive.
Transfer all the essentials. (read: music)
Format the harddrive.
I realize how terribly inconvenient this is Dan, but it's worth it. I formatted my laptop about 2 months ago now and it is TERRIFICALLY SPEEDY WITH NO PROBLEMS NOW.
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Jul-19-2005 14:29
Sly_Guy
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: On one of Peterman's adventures
jeeze people the solution to all computer problems isn't 'backup, erase, reinstall'
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Jul-19-2005 14:31
Dancing*Queen
apparently a booth bunny
Registered: May 2004
Location: Kingston, Canada
Dan, did you recently install any new software or devices?
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Jul-19-2005 14:37
Sly_Guy
Scene Missing
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Location: On one of Peterman's adventures
either that or visit any sketchy pr0n sites and catch a nasty little invasive program?
or open any *.exe *.bat *.sys etc e-mail attachments?
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Jul-19-2005 14:43
joinT
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: always futurebound....
Serious Windows Error - sysdata.xml HELP!
