I don't have windows &. I have Vista, but I get memory dumps and the systemmemory dump determines how much space will be able to free up when you do a disk cleanup. There should be no blue screen of death unless your drivers and updates are not current.
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Windows 7 computer, what do you mean you're "dumping memory"?
Windows 7 computer, what do you mean you're "dumping memory"?
Hello everyone. I am using Windows 7 when I play a game or go to
some Web pages. Sometimes my computer screen will turn blue and
display a message saying it's dumping memory? I am not a computer
whiz, but I have never had this happen before. I've used every
windows program since "95" and have never had this experience. Does
anyone else have this problem? What causes it and is there something I
can do to fix this issue? Thank you for your time.
--Submitted by: Judy N.
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The relevant memory is being saved as an image --Submitted by: Doh_1
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5029819.html
Could be any number of issues... --Submitted by: darrenforster99
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5029987.html
I had this same issue and fixed it. --Submitted by: ratgurrl
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5030303.html
Explanation --Submitted by: jreuter
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5029825.html
Check for infections first.--Submitted by: Zorched
http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5029853.html
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I love the replies! Yes the machine is keeping a record of the things that were going on when it bombed. However, if you are a human who does not make their living writing machine code or working surrounded by people who do, this is useless information. When somebody was programming Windows, they left in dump instructions. It happens so often during programming that the dumps can be very numerous. Sloppy programming or issues which never get resolved will often get a dump command left in the code to dump the contents to a file. All these core and memory and command dumps are supposed to get removed as the problems are fixed. In Windows, the problems NEVER get resolved, they get patched or worked around. This is the Microsoft way! It ain't you! The most fun was Windows NT which my IT department grudgingly admitted was a continuous, random CORE dump with a graphical user interface!
Remove the last piece of equipment and re-store. Hook it back up and if it happens again re-format and reload everything.
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Yes, well during my diploma some years ago, our Systems Software lecturer informed us that Microsoft's formal comment ran something like this for all of their software:
"Fifty percent of the issues that users experience with our software is due to third party software on user machines, the other 50 percent is our fault".
Unfortunately, we, the users, are often used as the guinea pigs. Software by many manufacturers is released with known bugs in it, they either hope we won't find them or simply don't care.
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Hi John Jent,
Can you please share the link about this info of Microsoft?
Thanks
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John Jent,
Thanks for updating us with this information,what about non-microsoft based operating system eg
Sun Solaries,Linux,Unix and etc?
Are you talking about the problems of MS based applications in Windows OS?
But do users face same kind of problems even in Linux,Unix and Solaries?Can we use both
MS based and third party softwares in Linux,Unix and Solaries without any problem?
Thanks
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I have Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition, and being a software engineer I know that a lot of software is not yet prepared to work on 64-bit platforms. This causes the system to crash when installing them or running them; The best way to solve it? when you buy and install new hardware/software, try to get the latest software from their website (it solved my BSOD issue when I bought an Epson printer 
BRgds,
Joe
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and I've only had one BSOD since I bought my x64 Vista machine 2 years ago. I do have a LOT of other problems with Vista though! I've had a lot of hanging and crashing of applications, that when I find out what is wrong or work around, I just can't help thinking of Mickey Mouse!
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Yeah we love you(re) money !!!!
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I have had a nightmare with a new Dell Studio 8100 machine. After hours on the phone with their help team and many conversations with ZoneAlarm, I still had the problem. Posts on the net indicated that Zonealarm might be the problem. I was running all the latest Microsoft patches and fixes and the very latest version of ZA Security Suite. The solution was to totally remove ZA and I have installed Microsoft Security Essentials and have had not further instances of the problem.
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Hi Guys,
We get the blue death screen and dumping memory messege at the start when their is something wrong with hardware of the computer.
Is their a way we can disable the dumping memory messege in WinXP?
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What do you mean ?????? Dumping memory! Windows is pretty straight forward.I have never heard of memory. I try to load as much (ram) as possible.
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