HELP!! Random "Sorry for the Inconvenience" crashes

  • Thread starter Thread starter miked
  • Start date Start date
M

miked

Had to reload WinXP Prof because of memory failure. New memory tests 100%
after prolonged tests using MS test as well as Memtest.
Machine now has muliple ".. has been terminated. Sorry for the
Inconvenience" problems - maybe once every 30 minutes.
Seems random - nothing in particular seems to trigger it, and it seems to
occur with many different programs. When I look at the details, it seems to
be a bunch of different .dll modules - there is no constancy that I can see.
WinXP is fully up to date, and the MS Update shows nothing that is required.
McAfee does spawn it a little more frequently than other programs. Also
Outlook.
If I look on the web for replacement dll files to replace the ones listed,
then without exception, the ones offered are older than those already on the
machine.
Also get BSOD with tcpip.sys flagged. Tried the MS suggested reset of ip,
but that does not stop it from coming. Heavy web access does seem to
sometimes trigger that - but not always. Incidentally, after that crash, the
video resolution has been changed.
I tried to use the Repair facility on the XP disk, but it wants an
Administrator password. There is none. I have set a pw from the Control
Panel/User facility, but the Repair does not accept that either. So I can't
use the Repair, it just returns me to a C: prompt.
Have been unable to find anything on the Web or MS about general "Sorry
for.." problems.
 
Your operating system...in fact, no software...can cause RAM to fail. If
RAM is defective or failing, reinstalling software will not fix it. The
defective/failing RAM must be replaced.

RAM is rarely defective, however people sometimes install the wrong RAM
for their system, and experience memory-related trouble as a result.

Please provide the exact wording of any error messages you are seeing.
If you see a blue screen error, we need to know the error number (begins
with STOP: 0x000...) and the name of the error (which looks LIKE_THIS.)
 
Go to crucial.com to verify you got the correct RAM. Input your computer
make/model. Check where modules can be installed etc. (Slots)
 
I was not clear. The old memory was defective, and landed up garbling the
files. Replaced the memory with recommended memory, and the new memory tests
100% for 24 hours - the old memory failed tests. The reloaded WinXP.
Just had a BSOD:
STOP 0X0000008E (0XC0000005,0XB11FDF5C,0XAC33B7A8,0X00000000)
tcpip,sys - Address B11FDFC5 base at B11FB000, Datestamp 48025CEC.
As noted below, this is one of several random crashes. Most crashes are the
"....had to terminate. Sorry for the Inconvenience"
 
Once in a while the screen turns blue and shuts down


The system has recovered from a serious error
Error Signature
BCode : 9c BCP1 :00000004 BCP2 : 80546E70 BCP3 B2000000
BCP4 : 00070F0F OSVer 5_1_2600 SP: 3_0 Product 256_1

C:|DOCUME~1\morgan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERf3e0.dir00\Mini021409-01.dmp
C:|DOCUME~1\morgan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERf3e0.dir00\sysdata/xml
 
Back
Top