Below is the code given by the error signature: BCCode : ea BCP1 : 8933D9C8 BCP2 : 8910B1B8 BCP3 : 891BF298 BCP4 : 00000001 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 3_0 Product : 256_1 Recent happenings: Last night we had thunder and lightning so I got up and attempted to shut down so I could pull the power plugs. Mouse would not bring up the screen and it's red light was out until I shook it and wiggled the cords connecting it to the computer. I was pretty sure there were some commands I could use on the keyboard but too sleepy to hunt them up! So I shut down and pulled the plugs. This morning the screen is back but I had the following incidents: A red shield in the notification area saying my computer might be at risk because the firewall was turned off, a pop up saying the system had recovered from a serious error (code copied and pasted above), Win Patrol telling me there was a start up item (the one I described previously) and since it was declared safe by Win Patrol I relented and checked yes, let it happen. What's up Doc? errr G? Sandi --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------