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Im not such a fan of restore... hold on GTA IV Episodes just crashed too, so Im wondering if I can use the tool from here for a report and try that (it's not a BSOD though just a crash)
Here's the cabinet with the files..
And also this now
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: msnmsgr.exe
Application Version: 15.4.3538.513
Application Timestamp: 4dcdb2b3
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17725
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ec49b8f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002e3be
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
When my system messes up I tend to do an OS reinstall.. but when it messes up real bad
With having at least 3 mechanical disks I put all my important files on one of those (email, bookmarks, pics etc)
I prefer having system images and restore points myself. I can use a restore point if a minor problem occurs, or a system image to revert back to between a week and two months ago. I use Imaging with free Macrium for my backups since that is what seems to be the general consensus as the best backup utility on these forums.
Well one reason I don't like restore is there's a high chance restore won't fix problems or even end up making you reinstall either way
I had a smasung tool that came with an external HD (which I don't use or recommend since my experience is they always seem to break, my nas is doing ok though) and don't know if the built in windows back up works fine
I found the built in backup to be too limited, and it had some side effects that I did not like. There is a nice tutorial for it on here if you want to try it out after getting your system back up and running: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
I take it if you set your Pagefile size back to default settings, you still are having issues?
Well I did that earlier.. and now rebooted again to make sure windows knows I did.. but will have to check later on issues
It's getting late here..
Tool is called AutoBackup but if I remember correct that tool only works with external HDs (samsung of course)