"registry cleaner... buy new laptop... reinstall windows"
These are all rather extreme reactions to a computer problem.
A registry cleaner doesn't really have a purpose, except to
create extra problems you didn't have before. Any web site
saying positive things about a registry cleaner, is trying
to sell you one.
First, start by collecting as much info as possible from
the original error message. It helps if the driver name
is stated in the error. If the same driver name appears
in every error, then that is a strong indication that
driver has a problem. If the driver names are randomly
distributed, it could be a problem with the computer
memory.
Disable automatic restarts, so the blue screen stays put
long enough for you to copy the information. To disable
automatic restarts, requires removing the tick from
the box shown here. This is deep in the System control panel.
http://students.washington.edu/rtlibby/bluescreen/startupAndRecovery.png
(
http://students.washington.edu/rtlibby/bluescreen/ )
If you got a minidump, it can be read with a tool from this download.
The tool "dumpchk.exe" can read the files in C:\WINDOWS\Minidump .
I have some minidmp files here, but I don't find the info given
by the "dumpchk.exe" utility to be very useful. It doesn't seem to
indicate the faulting module. The "BugCheckCode" field is probably
the same value as the "Stop" error, so that might be of use to you.
But the five numbers shown in the Stop error in the blue screen,
are the same thing.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...61-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en&displaylang=en
You can look up Stop errors here.
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
If it is related to the Wifi, then there might be a later driver
for the Wifi available. Or it could be that there is a problem
with the computer memory. You can test computer memory with this.
This test runs forever, and you want to run it long enough to
make two complete passes. Test5 used to provide the most
thorough testing - some of the others seem to be easier to
pass.
http://www.memtest.org/
To get help, you really need to present the contents of the
error message.
This is an example of an error message.
Stop: 0x0000000A (00000063, 0000001c, 00000000, parameter4)
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL*** Address x has base at x - filename
The driver name may be printed somewhere in that message. The
four parameters in brackets, don't always have a useful
information content (except to someone with additional debugging
tools), and only occasionally would perhaps the first field
distinguish between several subtypes of the same error. But
by presenting all possible information, you may get an
answer faster.
You could also mention the make and exact model number of the
laptop. At least then, we could look for a driver for it.
Paul
