Hi,

The "common clues" you listed are strong evidence that the root cause is
likely a video codec that you installed. Consider what has been added prior
to the onset of this issue. I have seen reports that K-lite in particular is
known to cause crashes in Vista.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"jackieeffinbby" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> My computer crashes several times a day. I've restored it two times this
> week. The first time just to see if the BSOD would go away & the second
> because when I would start my PC up it would tell me that a system
> restore was mandatory & to contact my manufacturer. It wouldn't even go
> to the start screen.
>
> Common triggers are usually when I would watch youtube videos or any
> other videos that were embedded online and listening to music. Its
> really been an unavoidable nuissance. I have no other ideas and nobody
> has seemed to help.
>
> Suggestions please? I am literally pulling my hair out about this.
>
>
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> jackieeffinbby