General Protection Fault or Stop Error or Blue Screen of Death

STOP ERROR In Windows XP

The blue screen of death (BSOD), is the informal name given by users to the Windows general protection fault (GPF) error. Named in honor of the error's dreaded display image of white text on a blue background, the BSOD is generated by the operating system when it has suddenly terminated with an error. The system locks up and must be rebooted. The blue screen may include some hexadecimal values from a core dump that can potentially be used to determine what caused the crash.

The blue screen of death can strike anyone, anywhere. At the Comdex trade show, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates encountered the blue screen during a demonstration of Windows 98. (He had a spare computer standing by.)

How To Solve Stop Error's 0x0A, 0x01E, And 0x50

Windows NT computers, and those built on Windows NT technology, may stop responding with one or more of the following STOP error messages.

Errors may be caused by one or more of the following:

1. Hardware failure (memory, processor, or motherboard).
2. Anti-virus software that is running on your computer.
3. Drivers installed by third-party software.


To resolve these behaviors, perform one or more of the following:

1. Replace the faulty hardware. You may be able to determine the faulty hardware by running diagnostics provided by the manufacturer. Or Try disconnecting all of the new hardware that you connected and check if it was because of a hardware the computer stops responding.

2. Disable any anti-virus software that is running on your computer. If the STOP errors no longer occur, contact the anti-virus software manufacturer about a possible upgrade.

3. Disable any third-party drivers that may be running. If the STOP errors no longer occurs, contact the third-party manufacturer about a possible upgrade.