comp screens crashes

thousandisland SG

my comp's arnd a year old. lately when i play game or surf net, then the whole screen suddenly crashes and turns into some colurful spiral then got the 'toooot' sound in the background?

what could be the problem? hardware?

kawasaki2 SG

First, go to Windows Update and check for the latest updates for your computer.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Install ALL security updates, and hardware driver updates. If you see an update called WGA Notifications, do NOT install this update.

Check your graphics card settings and your BIOS settings if necessary.

thousandisland SG

i using pirated xp .

gigabyte14 SG

=_="

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Sorry, WGA is compulsory since 2005. If you skip it, you can never get past the stage of validation.

It's not up to you to say no.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Hardware problem. More specifically, it's your motherboard problem. Especially if it's a non-DIY computer.

Backup all your work.

soulwinner SG

what do you see when you restart?

kivine SG

use autopatcher

kawasaki2 SG

Mayi, regarding WGA ( Windows Genuine Advantage ) , there are 2 components for WGA.
-Validation.
-Notification.

The validation part requires you to install a ActiveX control and when you download a piece of software from Microsoft's download page, you must validate your copy of windows.

The notification part is a totally different matter.

And I was talking about the WGA Notifications update ( KB905474 ), not about WGA validation!

kawasaki2 SG

Are you sure you are using a pirated copy of Windows? If you are, then you should change to a genuine copy of Windows XP as soon as possible.
It may be due to a hardware or device driver fault, but it can also be caused by malicious software.

Your usage of a pirated copy of Windows XP is already one big piece of malware in itself.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

There's no way to skip the validation and being able to download updates. Microsoft doesn't allow that, except for non-critical updates.

Notification part has 2 separate programming. One is you validate and it turns out to be pirated, it will keep notifying you.

The second one is after you have validated and has been confirmed to be using a legitimate copy, but MS mistakenly labels it as pirated products and starts notifying you. This happens all too frequently, because MS changes the code regularly as hackers attempts to bypass the WGA.

WGA Notifications is installed immediately you attempt to validate, and this will happen across all Windows and Office updates sites, and upgrade sites. To get notification, you have to validate. Never the other way round. WGA Notifications can be removed, but MS will still prompt you.

That's why pirated copies of Windows will always be stuck at the validation stage, because that's what it's supposed to do. WGA Notifications will just keep alerting you till you get your copy verified.

kawasaki2 SG

There is a tool which allows you to remove WGA (N), from your system. It is available at softpedia:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/RemoveWGA.shtml

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs will do it nicely, is there a need to go to such an extent of using an uninstaller?

Now you guys know why Microsoft is so dead set against pirates?

It takes two hands to clap.

kawasaki2 SG

Uninstalling it via add/remove programs in control panel only works against the pilot version of WGA (N).
The subsequent release versions cannot be uninstalled via add/remove programs.

They have an article on it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921914

thousandisland SG

motherboard? hmm, must change the whole thing? shucks.

MyPillowTalks SG

internet they say edit the registry can pass validation... say dunno wad change the dll file, then change reg, to trick computer to trick ms when validating, then pass liao Laughing