System Haults After Using Drwtsn.exe
Jul 18, 2005
recently when having Internet Explorer open in the background, clicking on the desktop forces my
cursor to change to that horrible hour glass for about 20-30 seconds, then I get an error message saying "DrWatson postmortem debugger has encountered a problem and must close". I then proceed to click send error report. It sends then my computer freezes up and thats that. I have to manually restart it.
This has only happened recently and is becoming quite tedious. And also it does the same thing if I click dont send...
I know that DrWatson has something to do with saving files or recording the
script errors before the computer crashes (i think :s ) but thats where it
gets too complicated for me.
It crashed on me only a few hours ago
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Dec 21, 2005
i just installed windows XP (with sp1, or maybe not even that)
i havnt hooked the computer up to the net yet, but after i installed my Nvidia drivers that came with the mother board, the windows Boot screen freezes and only works on safe mode till i uninstall those drivers. could this be a problem because i havnt downloaded the service packs from the net yet?
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I have a problem that I just can't figure out. I 'll be on the internet, and when I click on a link(not every time), the page that I'm on just freezes. My mouse will indicate that it's busy, but it just stays like that. I first thought it was Spyware Terminator, so I uninstalled it. But to no avail. It did it again. Now remember, it's not every time. I keep a copy of my important files on an external drive, so reinstalling windows is nothing more that a pain in the behind. Which is what I did. I have an oem vesion of Windows MCE, which I've never had any problems with before. So here I am, thinking that I've taking care of the problem, when you guessed it, it did it again. And this is with barely anything installed, because I uninstall almost everything that MCE comes with. And this is where I'm at. I just can't figure out what's causing this to happen. I 've been coming to TSG almost every day for a very long time, because I really learn a lot and enjoy reading the many posts, and the members who respond to them. I didn't include a copy of Hijack this because it did it on a fresh install.
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STOP 0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X BAE2CEED, 0XB75229DC, 0X00000000) VS DATANT.SYS ADDRESS BAE2CEED BASE AT BAE05000 DATESTAMP 44ED374A
STOP 0X00000050 (0XADBCB8C2, 0X00000001, 0XBF9E059B, 0X00000000) ati2dvag.dll ADDRESS BF9E059B BASE AT BF9D4000 DATESTAMP 43fbdea6
It has just crashed again on reboot, Windows started OK then when I clicked on the Avast anti virus update notice it went off....
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always did checking files on all drives. I deleted one Trojan Horse virus on popup
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1.constant - explorer.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close- The same thing happens with drwtsn.exe. When this happens my computer freezes and I have to restart to be able to use my computer again.
2.My computer is extremely slow to boot up and feels extremely sluggish while using.
3.My modem speed has dropped to 19.2 kbps from roughly 49kbps for apparently no reason. I have three other machines in my home and they all still show the normal speeds�I have tried my machine on the other lines in my home to no avail. Modem issue may not be related to above stated problems (1&2)
I have already done the following trying to solve some issues and provide you with the most information possible.
1.I have downloaded, updated, and ran the most current versions of Adaware, Spybot, and Hijack this (log below).
2.I have defragmented my harddrive, ran scandisk, Pcbug Doctor, and Spyware Blaster. I am using AVG (updated) and have my firewall enabled.
3. I also ran these checks with system restore off (and then reenabled it).
Below you will find a copy of my hijackThis log, startup items, and computer information�..I hope this helps�.Thank you again.
OS NameMicrosoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS ManufacturerMicrosoft Corporation
System NameINVINCIBLE_FRED
System ManufacturerCompaq Presario 06
System ModelDA235A-ABA 6410nx NA910
System TypeX86-based PC
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1665 Mhz
BIOS Version/DatePhoenix Technologies, LTD AM37308, 12/16/2002
SMBIOS Version2.3
Windows DirectoryC:WINDOWS
System DirectoryC:WINDOWSsystem32
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