'Blue Screen of Death' & Log File

I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous 'blue
screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log file in
XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a comparable
log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the screen
referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.

"RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> 'blue
> screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log file
> in
> XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> comparable
> log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> screen
> referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
What is Vista Home Ultimate?
Vista Home is low end, and Vista Ultimate is high end.
Which one?

Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'

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"RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> 'blue
> screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log file
> in
> XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> comparable
> log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> screen
> referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.

Ultimate

"Bobby McNulty" wrote:

>
> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> > 'blue
> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log file
> > in
> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> > comparable
> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> > screen
> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
> What is Vista Home Ultimate?
> Vista Home is low end, and Vista Ultimate is high end.
> Which one?
>

Sorry, but you lost me Mark! Where should I type the elevated prompt command?
--Randy

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
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> .
> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> > 'blue
> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log file
> > in
> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> > comparable
> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> > screen
> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
>

The Command Prompt icon on the Start menu can be rightclicked to 'run as
administrator'

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"RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry, but you lost me Mark! Where should I type the elevated prompt
> command?
> --Randy
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'
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>> .
>> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
>> > 'blue
>> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log
>> > file
>> > in
>> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
>> > comparable
>> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
>> > screen
>> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
>>

I thought that was it. Tried it & worked. Thanks.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> The Command Prompt icon on the Start menu can be rightclicked to 'run as
> administrator'
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
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> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Sorry, but you lost me Mark! Where should I type the elevated prompt
> > command?
> > --Randy
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'
> >>
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> >>
> >> Mark L. Ferguson
> >>
> >> .
> >> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> >> > 'blue
> >> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log
> >> > file
> >> > in
> >> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> >> > comparable
> >> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> >> > screen
> >> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
> >>
>
>

I wasn't able to locate the command prompt on the start menu.

"RDU" wrote:

> I thought that was it. Tried it & worked. Thanks.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
> > The Command Prompt icon on the Start menu can be rightclicked to 'run as
> > administrator'
> >
> > --
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> >
> > Mark L. Ferguson
> >
> > ..
> > "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:6776B7C8-F9E8-4C1C-86FE-3997FDAE2328@microsoft.com...
> > > Sorry, but you lost me Mark! Where should I type the elevated prompt
> > > command?
> > > --Randy
> > >
> > > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >> Mark L. Ferguson
> > >>
> > >> .
> > >> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
> > >> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the infamous
> > >> > 'blue
> > >> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific log
> > >> > file
> > >> > in
> > >> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
> > >> > comparable
> > >> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting the
> > >> > screen
> > >> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
> > >>
> >
> >

Rightclick the desktop, New, Shortcut. Make the command : CMD , and the
name Command Prompt. Set properties, advanced to run as admin.

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"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I wasn't able to locate the command prompt on the start menu.
>
> "RDU" wrote:
>
>> I thought that was it. Tried it & worked. Thanks.
>>
>> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>>
>> > The Command Prompt icon on the Start menu can be rightclicked to 'run
>> > as
>> > administrator'
>> >
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>> > Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the
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>> >
>> > Mark L. Ferguson
>> >
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>> > "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:6776B7C8-F9E8-4C1C-86FE-3997FDAE2328@microsoft.com...
>> > > Sorry, but you lost me Mark! Where should I type the elevated prompt
>> > > command?
>> > > --Randy
>> > >
>> > > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Elevated prompt, type 'perfmon /rel'
>> > >>
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>> > >>
>> > >> Mark L. Ferguson
>> > >>
>> > >> .
>> > >> "RDU" <RDU@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:9B89D0C5-78CB-410B-8F5C-24D48B8F1A2E@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > I'm running Vista Home Ultimate and have begun en****ering the
>> > >> > infamous
>> > >> > 'blue
>> > >> > screen of death' on a daily basis. I seem to remember a specific
>> > >> > log
>> > >> > file
>> > >> > in
>> > >> > XP being associated with these events. If so, where would I find a
>> > >> > comparable
>> > >> > log file in Vista. I do recall when this happened yesterday noting
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > screen
>> > >> > referencing 'tcpip.sys'. Any ideas? Thanks.
>> > >>
>> >
>> >