Comments on: The Wow Stopped Here http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/ Ben is Vice President of Mobile Engineering at Walmart.com, where he works closely with his long-time friend Dion Almaer. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Galbraith’s Blog » Blog Archive » Vista Problem Solved, Sort Of http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2765 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:38:05 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2765 [...] I’ve recently been whining about Vista blue-screening on me. Just after wiping it off the affected system, Tim Heuer from Microsoft offered to help me troubleshoot the problem. After re-installing and having another few blue-screens, I passed him the MEMORY.DMP files (~150 MB each via TransferBigFiles.com, a great free service). And guess what he found? [...]

]]> By: Rob Sanheim http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2764 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:15:09 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2764 You would expect otherwise from Microsoft because why? =)

]]> By: Ben Galbraith http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2763 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:46:54 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2763 @Sam: And, it blue-screened again, after the screen saver change. Ugh.

]]> By: Ben Galbraith http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2758 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:28:17 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2758 @Sam: Hey, thanks for the tip. After I wiped the system and installed a different OS, a friend from MSFT convinced me to give it another go (and promised troubleshooting help), so I just reinstalled it yesterday. I’ve just turned off the screen saver; we’ll see what happens.

]]> By: Sam Ramji http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2762 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:11:05 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2762 I had this problem with the RTM as well; I disabled my screensaver (changed to default from my cool Matrix Revolutions one) and it stopped bluescreening (5-6x/day). I thought at first that it was the video drivers but Unreal Tournament and WoW worked fine.

Might be worth checking the screen saver.

]]> By: Ben Galbraith http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2761 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:04:02 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2761 @Ross: There’s no previous XP install; I wiped the machine to install Vista. Plus, each time it reboots, it tells me the issue is with the video driver. It suggests I disable h/w acceleration, etc., but the nVidia driver doesn’t let me do that.

@codecraig: I agree, this can’t representative of a majority of folks using Vista. But I’ve given it a chance for three months now (started out with Vista Enterprise in December) and I can’t be bothered with the random restarts anymore. I’ll check again in six months or so.

I will install it on my MacBook’s Boot Camp partition sometime soon, probably after Leopard ships; I anticipate that will be stable.

]]> By: codecraig http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2760 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:21:41 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2760 Wow, I haven’t had any problems with my Vista install. Two of my co-workers also have/tried Vista, one uses Vista Ultimate on a Dell Latitude D820 (and has no problems), the other tried it on a new PC and didn’t like it..complained about a few things. I use Home Premium and it works like a champ, no driver downloads, nothing…just worked!

good luck, and don’t give up!

]]> By: Ross Judson http://benzilla.galbraiths.org/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2759 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:43:55 +0000 http://galbraiths.org/blog/2007/03/29/the-wow-stopped-here/#comment-2759 Check for old “fast” IDE drivers left over from a previous XP installation. I removed them manually, and the blue screening stopped.

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