Another question...different computer belonging to a coworker. It appears he picked up something viral....After not being connected to the internet for over a year, the computer was far from being "updated". His Compaq Running Vista now has the "herald mark" blue screen displaying **stop 0000000000 and so on. I F11 for recovery and then initiate System Repair but in the midst of "Loading Widows", the white progress bar stops and blue screen reappears. Not Good....do you concur?
Run through this tutorial on the Vista box - some might not apply, being Vista not Win7, but most will apply.
Read through the tutorial and download all utility programs to a flash drive. Boot to safe mode if possible or use the Vista install disc to boot and use repair options from it. If you can't lay your hands on the Vista install disc, see this:
Vista ISO - Download and Create Installation DVD or USB
If it comes down to it, you can also use that install media to reinstall Vista. You'll use the COA key on the side of the machine to activate it during or after the install. There might also might be a Repair install option for Vista, I don't remember - basically you tell Windows that you're Upgrading Windows, and it re-installs Windows without affecting your data.
From your description, it sounds like a graphics card issue, but there's not enough hard information to say for sure.
I suggest that you open a separate thread if you're going to trouble shoot that machine. It gets confusing if you try to work though issues on two machines at one time in one thread.
Bill
.
