"WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:rSASh.4162$SK3.219@trnddc03...[color=blue]
> No 'compelling' reason to move OTHER than the fact that I am experiencing
> BSOD on a 3mth old machine (dual core, etc w/2G made up of 4 sticks).
> Kind of figured that moving forward to a new OS 'may' get ride of the BSs.[/color]


Changing the OS won't fix what is most likely a hardware problem.

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>Also, re the BSs, maybe a mem problem. (Some BS msgs note Mem Mngr
>problem.) I just ran MSs Win Mem Diag. This utility goes back to 2003![/color]

It's not quite worthless, but also not quite ready for prime time. Try
Memtest86:
[url]http://www.memtest86.com/[/url]


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