media center causing crash vistab2

I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

Most likely that its your video card driver thats causing the problem. Try updating the video card driver to see if it fixes the problem. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David" wrote in message

I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

what are you doing when this happens? What sort of information does the bluescreen give? (yes, bluescreen errors have helpful information).
"David" wrote in message

I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

Thanks. Windows Update did not find the driver. I noticed that the driver installed was as of 4/27/2006 so I went to the NVIDIA website and found they had a beta driver designed for the requirements of Windows Vista. D/L now.
Thank you
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Most likely that its your video card driver thats causing the problem. Try updating the video card driver to see if it fixes the problem. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David" wrote in message I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

The blue screen shows up and disappears so quickly -- usually in 2 seconds -- all i see is "dumping physical memory to disk"...and the driver update did not fix the problem. Would reinstalling Vista help?
"The Dude" wrote:

what are you doing when this happens? What sort of information does the bluescreen give? (yes, bluescreen errors have helpful information).
"David" wrote in message I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

Click Start > right click Computer > Properties > click Advanced System Settings > Advanced (tab) > under 'Startup and Recover" click Settings > under System failure uncheck "Automatically restart", launch MCE again, this time when the BSOD occurs you see whats written on it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David" wrote in message

The blue screen shows up and disappears so quickly -- usually in 2 seconds -- all i see is "dumping physical memory to disk"...and the driver update did not fix the problem. Would reinstalling Vista help?
"The Dude" wrote:
what are you doing when this happens? What sort of information does the bluescreen give? (yes, bluescreen errors have helpful information).
"David" wrote in message I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

Thanks for your assistance. Unfortunately, the system still crashed after performing this operation. Any other ideas? BTW- what is BSOD?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Click Start > right click Computer > Properties > click Advanced System Settings > Advanced (tab) > under 'Startup and Recover" click Settings under System failure uncheck "Automatically restart", launch MCE again, this time when the BSOD occurs you see whats written on it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David" wrote in message The blue screen shows up and disappears so quickly -- usually in 2 seconds -- all i see is "dumping physical memory to disk"...and the driver update did not fix the problem. Would reinstalling Vista help?
"The Dude" wrote:
what are you doing when this happens? What sort of information does the bluescreen give? (yes, bluescreen errors have helpful information).
"David" wrote in message I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?

BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death :)
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "David" wrote in message

Thanks for your assistance. Unfortunately, the system still crashed after performing this operation. Any other ideas? BTW- what is BSOD?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Click Start > right click Computer > Properties > click Advanced System Settings > Advanced (tab) > under 'Startup and Recover" click Settings under System failure uncheck "Automatically restart", launch MCE again, this time when the BSOD occurs you see whats written on it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"David" wrote in message The blue screen shows up and disappears so quickly -- usually in 2 seconds -- all i see is "dumping physical memory to disk"...and the driver update did not fix the problem. Would reinstalling Vista help?
"The Dude" wrote:
what are you doing when this happens? What sort of information does the bluescreen give? (yes, bluescreen errors have helpful information).
"David" wrote in message I am using Windows Vista B2 and when I start the Media Center, (after clicking the icon) about two minutes after, the system goes to "bluescreen" and crashes. It restarts and Windows is OK again. How do I fix this problem?