edeslaur

Thank you for the response. This section is not intended to shoot the messenger. Hmmm. It's been happening since at least XP (and some say back to W98), and MS is "working on it". Why am I not comforted that it will soon be in my hot little hands? No way I'm reinstalling my OEM image, and HP doesn't provide Vista install CD/DVDs so I can't reinstall over the top and fix things. Okiedokie, Opera it is in the interim.

Sure can try, but the BSOD doesn't respond to ctrl-alt-del, so I'm not optimistic that ctrl-scrllock will be effective. Just to be clear, I was being snarky about the energy-star compliance - the machine doens't go to sleep when it's in BSOD mode, sometimes for the better part of a night.

Mine wasn't a COM Surrogate issue, but the PC spontaneously rebooting during video playback. In my case, a BIOS update resolved the problem. Check for BIOS updates for your machine would be my feeble thought. Eric D HP DV9235NR w/ dual internal drives

Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP DV9235NR (Centrino Duo) laptop with dual internal drives, patched to whatever MS Update thinks is the latest. Reinstalling the OS is just not an option. But it sure makes it difficult to post to this forum. Good thing all the images here have useful names. I've been running through the Google list of "sure-to-fix-its" without success http://www.google.com/search?num=100&h...=ie+red+x+vista Well, not quite - starting IE as an admin does make it work, however as soon as a link pops open another IE browser, none of those images work anymore. Note that any PNG I save to my desktop is correctly displayed, and that Show Images IS checked in IE. Most of my family uses IE, so I'd like to fix this. I've moved to Opera, which is loverly, but still locks up on Vista from time to time, so it's not a perfect solution. Plus IE is much more the standard... Help?!? Thanks! Eric D

I've been getting a Stop 0x9f, and it's messing with my EngergyStar compliance. I didn't want the energy police to come and get me , so I installed MS' suggested fix of KB929762, however that didn't fix anything. Makes sense since since I don't have any attached firewire devices, just an external USB drive (which isn't always connected when the BSOD occurs) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929762 Now I'm less worried about the energy police and just want Vista to stop giving me the BSOD. Interestingly, but not pleasantly, the BSODs are NOT being reported to MS by Vista. Gonner have to find the patch that made BSODs stop getting reported. Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP DV9235NR (Centrino Duo) laptop with dual internal drives, patched to whatever MS Update thinks is the latest. Thanks! Eric D