# Blue Screen Upon Restart

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317 "2012-09-30T17:01:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317/1 "2012-09-30T17:01:08Z")

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There were 2 recent changes before my blue screen problem started yesterday.

1. I changed my screensaver to the Avast screensaver
2. I saved some data to a Duracell 4gig storage device. (“thumb” drive?)  
This device installed a driver, and some of what I’ve read points in this  
direction.  
System restore was unsuccessful. The strange thing about system restore was that  
I was allowed only 2 options: Earlier the same day, and 2 days prior. I chose 2 days  
prior, but that didn’t help.

Here are some particulars from my locked up blue screen:  
PAGE\_FAULT\_IN\_NONPAGED-AREA

Stop:0x00000050  
(0xFFFFF8E0033659BC,  
0X0000000000000001,  
0XFFFFF8002E0FFA2,  
OX0000000000000005)

Pardon my caps lock, I hope the case of these letters is not important.

This is a laptop running windows 7, and pulling the battery out, then starting  
allows me internet access. To restart from that point will cause a blue screen.

Any advice would be appreciated.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Manveer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Manveer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manveer)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317/2 "2012-10-01T05:59:15Z")

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I have also seen this problm in my pc please share an idea to stop this

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**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317/3 "2012-10-01T07:55:46Z")

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Can you boot in safe mode(hit f8 during boot)?

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317/4 "2012-10-01T11:28:05Z")

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See this hotfix here: [Stop error message in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2: "Stop error code 0x0000007E (SYSTEM\_THREAD\_EXCEPTION\_NOT\_HANDLED)" or "Stop error code 0x00000050 (PAGE\_FAULT\_IN\_NONPAGED\_AREA)" - Microsoft Support](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979538)

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-upon-restart/636317/5 "2012-10-02T20:55:11Z")

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Generally a thumb drive installing any sort of drivers is a Bad Thing, and should be avoided. You say “This is a laptop running windows 7, and pulling the battery out, then starting  
allows me internet access.” So does that mean you can get into Windows that way? In that case I’d go to Device Manager an uninstall the driver for the thumb drive.

Also, are you booting with the thumb drive inserted? If so try removing it first.