Understanding&Dealing with Computer Error Messages
Okay, I don’t want to start my blog with this, but I got to say it once again that I hate computer error messages. I hate seeing them pop up repeatedly on my screen. I hate I could never know when they will happen. They are so much gibberish and even hieroglyphics appear easier to understand than them. But, yes… I know that we cannot simply ignore them and take it for granted that they would go away on their own without affecting the computer performance or even causing malfunctions in the hardware devices like the monitor and CPU.
It would be wise if we could take a moment to write down the message or take a screen shot while it is happening so we can refer back to and see exactly what it said, which will go far in giving us some idea of what might be wrong and what we need to do to fix it. Since there is such a wide range of errors that can occur, some of which can lead to a major system crash, gaining a little knowledge about them could save us lots of headaches later.
Computer error messages can be caused from the registry through to an incompatible driver. For registry errors we could handle them by downloading a registry cleaner and usually they are freeware all over the Internet, but the only problem is that we need to do a bit more research to select the most reliable and effective one. It would be nice to know what tools you guys are using. However, the truth is most error messages can be solved by rebooting, or by turning the system off and then on again. So basically we don’t need to know about every error message. Nevertheless, there are still some that we should be wary of and some that we need to get help with.
Windows Protection Error - This error appears when there is a VxD or a virtual device driver problem. The best we can do is boot the computer in safe mode and uninstall and then reinstall the device driver that has the problem. This error message can also be caused by other problems like, memory, or a registry error.
KERNEL32.DLL - Poor Kernel32 receives a lot of flack and there is just no hope for it. The problem is that the KERNEL32.DLL file deals with a lot of different processes. When we have a Kernel32 problem, we may have damaged files, bad registry entries, problems with the microprocessor, bad software, corrupt drivers, a virus, and sometimes even low hard drive disk space could cause it. The first option in trying to fix this problem is to use a registry cleaner and see if the problem doesn't lie therein.
Blue Screen Errors - These are major computer errors and usually the computer doesn't bother sending us a cute error message here. We just get this big blue screen which scared me a lot the first few times I got it. Not knowing what to do, I just turned my laptop off and then on again. Luckily, I get the program back. So in the same case, you may wait for program or press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot. Sometimes the blue screen only informs us that we have unplugged some device and need to plug it back in. You know how to deal with it, right? The only time we ever need to worry about the blue screen is when it keeps recurring and won't go away, and then there probably is a hardware problem and we should call a repair service provider.
Therefore, we should never just ignore any error messages our PC displays for us, even if they seem difficult to diagnose and understand. It is always a good idea to keep ahead of any PC error codes, so we do not end up with the heartache of losing our precious personal data.
Here are the most common error codes we may encounter while using Windows and its basic components and some solutions for us to try to solve them. Click here to see the most detailed information.