Not one of those steps addresses the actual issue, they merely disable
proper reporting of it. In fact, those steps merely try to mask the fact
that there is a problem. The cause needs to be addressed, not hidden.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"rajinisback" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi DeLunatic,
>
> There are several methods to resolve this issue. Follow the
> instructions in the first section. If the problem is not resolved,
> proceed to the next
> section.
>
> I. Resize the Swap File
> When a serious error occurs, by default the system dumps the system
> state to the swap file for later retrieval. However, it is possible that
> the swap file is not properly cleaned up and the system thinks that it
> is rebooting from a crash. To resolve this, you will need to resize the
> swap file:
>
> 1. Click the Start button.
> 2. Right click the My 'Computer' ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url]) menu option,
> and then click Properties on the context menu that appears.
> 3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Settings button in the
> Performance section. The Performance Options window appears.
> 4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Change button in the
> Virtual Memory section. The Virtual memory window appears.
> 5. Click Custom Size, and then record the Initial Size and Maximum
> Size.
> 6. Set the Initial Size and Maximum Size to the same value as the
> amount of RAM that is installed in the system.
> 7. Click Set and then click OK. The system will advise you to restart
> the computer.
> 8. Click OK.
> 9. Click OK at the Performance Options window. The system prompts you
> to restart the computer.
> 10. Click Yes.
>
> After the system has restarted, repeat the above steps to restore the
> original Initial Size and Maximum Size values for your swap file.
>
> II. Delete the Minidump Files and the Sysdata.xml File
>
> When a serious error occurs, by default the system writes out a
> miniature memory dump along with an XML description of the system status
> (which notes the program at fault and other pertinent system 'data'
> ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url])) that can be uploaded to 'Microsoft'
> ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url]). If this data is not correctly closed out, the
> system may present a Serious Error screen upon boot. To resolve this
> problem, perform
> the following steps:
>
> 1. Click the Start button.
> 2. Right click the My Computer icon, and then click Explore on the
> context menu that appears.
> 3. Browse to the c:\Windows\Minidump directory.
> 4. Delete everything located in this directory.
>
> NOTE : You will need to be able to view hidden and 'system files'
> ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url]) and the system should not be hiding protected
> 'operating system' ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url]) files.
>
> 5. Browse to the c:\Documents and Settings folder.
> 6. Search for the following file: sysdata.xml file.
> 7. Delete all instances (you may find more than one) of this file.
> 8. Click the Start button, click Turn off the computer, and then click
> Restart.
>
> III. Disable the Automatically Restart setting
>
> This attacks the same class of Serious Errors that resizing the swap
> file fixes, but it tries to ensure that the errors do not happen
> beforehand.
> However, this does not help to rid the persistent Serious 'Error
> message' ([url]http://www.ozzu.com/#[/url]) after the fact.
>
> 1. Click the Start button.
> 2. Right click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties on the
> context menu that appears.
> 3. Click the Advanced tab and then click the Settings button in the
> Start-up and Recovery section.
> 4. Click to remove the check next to Automatically Restart checkbox and
> then click OK.
> 5. Click OK. The system will no longer automatically restart after a
> Serious Error message appears.
>
> IV. Disable Memory Dumps\
>
> This option totally disables memory dumps altogether, which may help
> fix some persistent Serious Error messages. To disable memory dumps,
> perform the following steps:
>
> 1. Click the Start button
> 2. Right click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties on the
> context menu that appears.
> 3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Settings button in the
> Start-up and Recovery section.
> 4. In the Write debugging information tab, click to select (none) and
> then click OK.
> 5. Click OK.
>
>
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> rajinisback
>
> RAJ :P
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