XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? Thanks, Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Terry R. wrote: > XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, > sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. > > I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed > out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just > when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... > > It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. > > Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive?
As with most all issues, the 1st place to investigate is the System & Application event logs. Any Errors or Warnings should be resolved. Freezing is somewhat difficult to isolate. One thing that helps to work it out is AutoRuns. Load and run, scroll down thru the list it presents and look for entries with "File not Found" in the "Image Path" column. These are generally safe for removal. Freezing can also be due to hardware interrupts, so you should use MSInfo32 to examine the IRQ mapping table for your XP. Expand the Hardware Resources then IRQs to view your system's assignments. If your computer driver is ACPI compliant the IRQ table should have entries extending to IRQ #23. Sharing is common, but it helps to note which sub-systems are actually on a shared IRQ line. "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message news:ekmWeKHkKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, > sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. > > I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out > RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I > think I've resolved it, it freezes... > > It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. > > Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? > > Thanks, > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On Jan 8, 9:54 am, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, > sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. > > I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out > RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I > think I've resolved it, it freezes... > > It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. > > Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? > > Thanks, > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. If your system hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can force a BSOD which will create a crash dump file that you can analyze and see what is running at the point of the freeze and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork or trying things. While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft includes such a provision in Windows XP for just such situations. This might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes. Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD: Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular free and easy to use tool: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters Click Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value CrashOnCtrlScroll. Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value Data textbox, and click OK. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on the right side of your keyboard, and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD. If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to disable the Automatically Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow these steps: Press [Windows]-Break. Select the Advanced tab. Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel. Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure panel. Click OK twice. Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration: Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select the Delete command. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > Terry R. wrote: >> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >> >> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed >> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >> >> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >> >> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? > > Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? > > No, two of them on the same drive (W2k & Win7). Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/8/2010 7:41 AM On a whim, R. McCarty pounded out on the keyboard > As with most all issues, the 1st place to investigate is the System& > Application event logs. Any Errors or Warnings should be resolved. > I check there frequently. Nothing shows up. Probably because the system freezes and nothing can be written. > Freezing is somewhat difficult to isolate. One thing that helps to work > it out is AutoRuns. Load and run, scroll down thru the list it presents > and look for entries with "File not Found" in the "Image Path" column. > These are generally safe for removal. > I've had Autoruns for a long time. I've unchecked any "File not found" entries. > Freezing can also be due to hardware interrupts, so you should use > MSInfo32 to examine the IRQ mapping table for your XP. Expand > the Hardware Resources then IRQs to view your system's assignments. > If your computer driver is ACPI compliant the IRQ table should have > entries extending to IRQ #23. Sharing is common, but it helps to note > which sub-systems are actually on a shared IRQ line. > Only my USB controller is shared. All others are independent. And the entries do extend to IRQ 23. Thanks for any assistance. > "Terry R."<F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message > news:ekmWeKHkKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >> >> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out >> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I >> think I've resolved it, it freezes... >> >> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >> >> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Terry R. >> > Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Terry R. wrote: > On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > >> Terry R. wrote: >>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on >>> it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every >>> day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, >>> changed >>> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >>> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>> >>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>> >>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >> >> Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? >> >> > > No, two of them on the same drive (W2k & Win7). It seems like you looked at every conceivable thing. And since it seems that your issue is not related to hardware, you might want to perform a Clean Install at this point (since a Repair Install didn't fix your random freezes).
On Jan 9, 1:21 am, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > On 1/8/2010 7:41 AM On a whim, R. McCarty pounded out on the keyboard > > > As with most all issues, the 1st place to investigate is the System& > > Application event logs. Any Errors or Warnings should be resolved. > > I check there frequently. Nothing shows up. Probably because the > system freezes and nothing can be written. > > > Freezing is somewhat difficult to isolate. One thing that helps to work > > it out is AutoRuns. Load and run, scroll down thru the list it presents > > and look for entries with "File not Found" in the "Image Path" column. > > These are generally safe for removal. > > I've had Autoruns for a long time. I've unchecked any "File not found" > entries. > > > Freezing can also be due to hardware interrupts, so you should use > > MSInfo32 to examine the IRQ mapping table for your XP. Expand > > the Hardware Resources then IRQs to view your system's assignments. > > If your computer driver is ACPI compliant the IRQ table should have > > entries extending to IRQ #23. Sharing is common, but it helps to note > > which sub-systems are actually on a shared IRQ line. > > Only my USB controller is shared. All others are independent. And the > entries do extend to IRQ 23. > > Thanks for any assistance. > > > > > > > "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message > >news:ekmWeKHkKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, > >> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. > > >> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out > >> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I > >> think I've resolved it, it freezes... > > >> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. > > >> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? > > >> Thanks, > > >> Terry R. > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. If you force the BSOD you will have a crash dump to analyze, not something to guess about. Every conceivable thing has not been looked at. It just sounds like some unfruitful guesses have been made. The reason CrashOnCtrlScroll exists is to help find what is causing the system to hang/freeze. Mark Russinovich (senior fellow at MS) and coauthor of Autoruns and Process Monitor (among other things) says in one of his many informational tutorial videos about XP troubleshooting, this is the very first thing he does on an XP system that hangs for "no apparent reason". That feature is not in XP by some accident or coincidence. It is there to help you with problems such as you describe.
On 1/9/2010 9:00 AM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard >>> "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message >>> news:ekmWeKHkKHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >>>> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >> >>>> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out >>>> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I >>>> think I've resolved it, it freezes... >> >>>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >> >>>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> Terry R. >> > > If you force the BSOD you will have a crash dump to analyze, not > something to guess about. > > Every conceivable thing has not been looked at. It just sounds like > some unfruitful guesses have been made. > > The reason CrashOnCtrlScroll exists is to help find what is causing > the system to hang/freeze. > > Mark Russinovich (senior fellow at MS) and coauthor of Autoruns and > Process Monitor (among other things) says in one of his many > informational tutorial videos about XP troubleshooting, this is the > very first thing he does on an XP system that hangs for "no apparent > reason". > > That feature is not in XP by some accident or coincidence. It is > there to help you with problems such as you describe. > I don't believe I was "guessing", but doing a systematic process of elimination. I've never analyzed a crash dump, but will create it and see where to go next. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/9/2010 8:19 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > Terry R. wrote: >> On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> Terry R. wrote: >>>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on >>>> it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every >>>> day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, >>>> changed >>>> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >>>> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>>> >>>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >>> >>> Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? >>> >>> >> >> No, two of them on the same drive (W2k& Win7). > > It seems like you looked at every conceivable thing. And since it seems > that your issue is not related to hardware, you might want to perform a > Clean Install at this point (since a Repair Install didn't fix your > random freezes). > > Hi Dave, Yeah, that is what I was trying not to do... But in the time I've spent t-shooting I could have rebuilt it. Then again, I have the other OS's I can use, but XP is my main one. I'll create a dump file like Jose suggested and then research getting it analyzed. Have you done that before? Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/8/2010 7:53 AM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > On Jan 8, 9:54 am, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >> >> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out >> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I >> think I've resolved it, it freezes... >> >> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >> >> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Terry R. >> -- >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > If your system hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can > force a BSOD which will > create a crash dump file that you can analyze and see what is running > at the point of the freeze > and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork or trying things. > > While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue > Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft > includes such a provision in Windows XP for just such situations. This > might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And > Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes. > > Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD: > > Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular > free and easy to use tool: > > http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ > > Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to > > HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > The above should be: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > Click Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value > CrashOnCtrlScroll. > > Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value > Data textbox, and click OK. > > Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. > > When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on > the right side of your keyboard, > and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD. > > If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to > disable the Automatically > Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow > these steps: > > Press [Windows]-Break. > Select the Advanced tab. > Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel. > Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure > panel. > Click OK twice. > > Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration: > > Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to: > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > > Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select > the Delete command. > > Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/8/2010 7:53 AM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > On Jan 8, 9:54 am, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >> >> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out >> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I >> think I've resolved it, it freezes... >> >> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >> >> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Terry R. >> -- >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > If your system hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can > force a BSOD which will > create a crash dump file that you can analyze and see what is running > at the point of the freeze > and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork or trying things. > > While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue > Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft > includes such a provision in Windows XP for just such situations. This > might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And > Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes. > > Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD: > > Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular > free and easy to use tool: > > http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ > > Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to > > HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > > Click Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value > CrashOnCtrlScroll. > > Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value > Data textbox, and click OK. > > Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. > > When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on > the right side of your keyboard, > and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD. > > If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to > disable the Automatically > Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow > these steps: > > Press [Windows]-Break. > Select the Advanced tab. > Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel. > Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure > panel. > Click OK twice. > > Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration: > > Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to: > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > > Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select > the Delete command. > > Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/9/2010 1:17 PM On a whim, Terry R. pounded out on the keyboard > On 1/8/2010 7:53 AM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > >> On Jan 8, 9:54 am, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on it, >>> sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every day. >>> >>> I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, changed out >>> RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just when I >>> think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>> >>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>> >>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Terry R. >>> -- >>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. >> >> If your system hangs or freezes and you can't figure out why, you can >> force a BSOD which will >> create a crash dump file that you can analyze and see what is running >> at the point of the freeze >> and get some ideas that do not involve guesswork or trying things. >> >> While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue >> Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft >> includes such a provision in Windows XP for just such situations. This >> might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And >> Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes. >> >> Here's how to force your system to create a BSOD: >> >> Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular >> free and easy to use tool: >> >> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ >> >> Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to >> >> HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters >> >> Click Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value >> CrashOnCtrlScroll. >> >> Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value >> Data textbox, and click OK. >> >> Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. >> >> When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on >> the right side of your keyboard, >> and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD. >> >> If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to >> disable the Automatically >> Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow >> these steps: >> >> Press [Windows]-Break. >> Select the Advanced tab. >> Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel. >> Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure >> panel. >> Click OK twice. >> >> Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration: >> >> Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to: >> >> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters >> >> Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, click the Edit menu, and select >> the Delete command. >> >> Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP. > > It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB > keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters > > > Terry R. Bah. That doesn't work either... Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Terry R. wrote: > On 1/9/2010 8:19 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > >> Terry R. wrote: >>> On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >>> >>>> Terry R. wrote: >>>>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on >>>>> it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every >>>>> day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, >>>>> changed >>>>> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >>>>> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>>>> >>>>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >>>> >>>> Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> No, two of them on the same drive (W2k& Win7). >> >> It seems like you looked at every conceivable thing. And since it >> seems that your issue is not related to hardware, you might want to >> perform a Clean Install at this point (since a Repair Install didn't >> fix your random freezes). >> >> > > Hi Dave, > > Yeah, that is what I was trying not to do... But in the time I've > spent t-shooting I could have rebuilt it. That was what I was driving at. > Then again, I have the > other OS's I can use, but XP is my main one. > > I'll create a dump file like Jose suggested and then research getting > it analyzed. Have you done that before? I have never done that, but I am curious to see what information it reveals.
On Jan 9, 48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > On 1/9/2010 1:17 PM On a whim, Terry R. pounded out on the keyboard > > > It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB > > keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters > > > Terry R. > > Bah. That doesn't work either... > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. Poop. My copy/paste directions are/were wrong. Not any more though. HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters Did you reboot after the change? I have never seen it not work. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc266483.aspx Getting set up to analyze a crash dump using the MS tools to analyze one crash dump can be frustrating, time consuming and intimidating. It is time well spent if you need to look at them more often - even on the BSODs that come about more "naturally". There is a third party tool that is useful for the quick glance at the dumps: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Isn't there a site to upload files (besides screenshots). I don't know where that is, but you can send it to me as an attachment and I will look at it. I am all set up to look at them.
On 1/9/2010 2:10 PM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > On Jan 9, 48 pm, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> On 1/9/2010 1:17 PM On a whim, Terry R. pounded out on the keyboard > >> >>> It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB >>> keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters >> >>> Terry R. >> >> Bah. That doesn't work either... >> >> Terry R. >> -- >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > Poop. My copy/paste directions are/were wrong. Not any more though. > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > The above is for PS2 keyboards. I posted the USB path in a reply to your earlier post. > Did you reboot after the change? I have never seen it not work. > Yep. Rebooted each time. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc266483.aspx > > Getting set up to analyze a crash dump using the MS tools to analyze > one crash dump can be frustrating, time consuming and intimidating. > It is time well spent if you need to look at them more often - even on > the BSODs that come about more "naturally". > > There is a third party tool that is useful for the quick glance at the > dumps: > > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html > > Isn't there a site to upload files (besides screenshots). I don't > know where that is, but you can send it to me as an attachment and I > will look at it. I am all set up to look at them. > Have no idea why it doesn't work... Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On Jan 9, 5:59 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > On 1/9/2010 2:10 PM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > > > > > > > On Jan 9, 48 pm, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > >> On 1/9/2010 1:17 PM On a whim, Terry R. pounded out on the keyboard > > >>> It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB > >>> keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: > >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters > > >>> Terry R. > > >> Bah. That doesn't work either... > > >> Terry R. > >> -- > >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > > Poop. My copy/paste directions are/were wrong. Not any more though. > > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters > > The above is for PS2 keyboards. I posted the USB path in a reply to your > earlier post. > > > Did you reboot after the change? I have never seen it not work. > > Yep. Rebooted each time. > > > > > > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc266483.aspx > > > Getting set up to analyze a crash dump using the MS tools to analyze > > one crash dump can be frustrating, time consuming and intimidating. > > It is time well spent if you need to look at them more often - even on > > the BSODs that come about more "naturally". > > > There is a third party tool that is useful for the quick glance at the > > dumps: > > >http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html > > > Isn't there a site to upload files (besides screenshots). I don't > > know where that is, but you can send it to me as an attachment and I > > will look at it. I am all set up to look at them. > > Have no idea why it doesn't work... > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. Grrr. I don't have a USB KB handy, but I did fix my notes and added a reminder for USB. Are you using the right most CTRL key? That is the only one that will do it and two hits on the Scroll Lock. Works fine on my wireless USB setup, PS/2 and lots of laptops - so far at least. Dunno...
On 1/9/2010 3:53 PM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard > On Jan 9, 5:59 pm, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> On 1/9/2010 2:10 PM On a whim, Jose pounded out on the keyboard >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 9, 48 pm, "Terry R."<F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >>>> On 1/9/2010 1:17 PM On a whim, Terry R. pounded out on the keyboard >> >>>>> It didn't work, so I researched a bit and found that with a USB >>>>> keyboard, the entry needs to be placed here instead: >>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters >> >>>>> Terry R. >> >>>> Bah. That doesn't work either... >> >>>> Terry R. >>>> -- >>>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >>>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. >> >>> Poop. My copy/paste directions are/were wrong. Not any more though. >> >>> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters >> >> The above is for PS2 keyboards. I posted the USB path in a reply to your >> earlier post. >> >>> Did you reboot after the change? I have never seen it not work. >> >> Yep. Rebooted each time. >> >> >> >> >> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc266483.aspx >> >>> Getting set up to analyze a crash dump using the MS tools to analyze >>> one crash dump can be frustrating, time consuming and intimidating. >>> It is time well spent if you need to look at them more often - even on >>> the BSODs that come about more "naturally". >> >>> There is a third party tool that is useful for the quick glance at the >>> dumps: >> >>> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html >> >>> Isn't there a site to upload files (besides screenshots). I don't >>> know where that is, but you can send it to me as an attachment and I >>> will look at it. I am all set up to look at them. >> >> Have no idea why it doesn't work... >> >> Terry R. >> -- >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > Grrr. I don't have a USB KB handy, but I did fix my notes and added a > reminder for USB. > > Are you using the right most CTRL key? That is the only one that will > do it and two hits on the Scroll Lock. > > Works fine on my wireless USB setup, PS/2 and lots of laptops - so far > at least. > > Dunno... I don't either. This keyboard is only a couple months old. I just deleted the partition and created a new one. I have months of backup partitions on other drives on this workstation, in case I need anything. But my data is stored on a separate drive and I install my programs to yet another drive, so getting back and running isn't a big deal. I just don't like doing this kind of work on my OWN workstation... Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/9/2010 1:44 PM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > Terry R. wrote: >> On 1/9/2010 8:19 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> Terry R. wrote: >>>> On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >>>> >>>>> Terry R. wrote: >>>>>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on >>>>>> it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every >>>>>> day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, >>>>>> changed >>>>>> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >>>>>> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>>>>> >>>>>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >>>>> >>>>> Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, two of them on the same drive (W2k& Win7). >>> >>> It seems like you looked at every conceivable thing. And since it >>> seems that your issue is not related to hardware, you might want to >>> perform a Clean Install at this point (since a Repair Install didn't >>> fix your random freezes). >>> >>> >> >> Hi Dave, >> >> Yeah, that is what I was trying not to do... But in the time I've >> spent t-shooting I could have rebuilt it. > > That was what I was driving at. > Well, I started over and so far no freezes. I have probably 80% of what I "need" installed, so I'll see if it remains stable. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
On 1/9/2010 1:44 PM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard > Terry R. wrote: >> On 1/9/2010 8:19 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> Terry R. wrote: >>>> On 1/8/2010 7:27 AM On a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard >>>> >>>>> Terry R. wrote: >>>>>> XP on this workstation will randomly freeze. While I'm working on >>>>>> it, sitting idle. It will go for a week or more, then lock every >>>>>> day. I've slowly reduced Hardware acceleration. Updated drivers, >>>>>> changed >>>>>> out RAM, repair install. Even swapped out the power supply. Just >>>>>> when I think I've resolved it, it freezes... >>>>>> >>>>>> It doesn't happen with any other OS's on this machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have a thought as to something I may have missed? >>>>> >>>>> Are these other OSes on another physical hard drive? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, two of them on the same drive (W2k& Win7). >>> >>> It seems like you looked at every conceivable thing. And since it >>> seems that your issue is not related to hardware, you might want to >>> perform a Clean Install at this point (since a Repair Install didn't >>> fix your random freezes). >>> >>> >> >> Hi Dave, >> >> Yeah, that is what I was trying not to do... But in the time I've >> spent t-shooting I could have rebuilt it. > > That was what I was driving at. > >> Then again, I have the >> other OS's I can use, but XP is my main one. >> >> I'll create a dump file like Jose suggested and then research getting >> it analyzed. Have you done that before? > > I have never done that, but I am curious to see what information it > reveals. > > Strange thing, yesterday the only things I did was: 1. MS Update 2. CmdHere Powertoy, ImageResizer Powertoy, TweakUi Powertoy 3. Disktrix UltimateDefrag and it was frozen this morning when I came in. Since the old install could go for a week at a time without freezing, I may have added programs too soon. Now this is to the point where I would have to install XP, wait a week to see if it freezes, then progress with a program each week until I find the problem. I'm wondering whether I should just retire XP on this workstation... Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.