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More BSOD's, showing unusual desktop displays
I posted in the Graphics Card section earlier today, but kept searching around for a solution, so I just learned that I should have posted here.
Earlier today:
While working, my Win7 desktop suddenly displayed multiple desktops (about 6 of them in 2 columns) and a message to "check with your hardware vendor"... the only way to do anything was to shut down with the power button, which I did.
I then booted into Safe Mode and checked for driver updates, and updated the video card. When I booted back to regular mode, the screen displayed normally, and worked well for a while, but then froze and was completely unresponsive. It is now freezing almost immediately after booting. (But I haven't seen multiple desktops displayed again in regular mode since updating the driver. And Safe Mode still works fine.)
More recent:
I updated Chrome in Safe Mode, and then booted to regular mode where there were Windows updates to install, so I hoped this would fix the problem. But the computer crashed again and gave me a .dmp file after reboot. After searching a little more, I found the link here to create the compressed file for the .dmp file, which is attached. The screen also again displayed images of six desktops in two columns, which I find puzzling. (This is what made me think earlier that the problem may be a graphics card issue.) So hopefully this compressed file will present the solution.
Thanks very much for any help.