Computer Error Messages
Everyone who has a computer has gone through the phase of error messages appearing on the screen. You feel your heart bouncing fast and a nervous attack when you see the fatal or illegal error messages appearing on the screen. Who gave the name of these error messages as “fatal” or illegal”? Does it imply that someone is going to die? Is the computer going to be dead because you turned it on? Some people get so afraid when they see these error messages on the screen, that all they do is turn the computer off and summon a service person. More than 20,000 error messages are known to be appearing on the screen but it is impossible to know their significance and meaning.
After all what do error messages like the following mean: “Cannot delete tmp164_5.tmp: There is not enough free disk space.” This error message doesn’t even make sense. If the machine is telling you that you need to delete files, and when you want to do that, it won’t let you. Hmmm! Interesting situation!
How about the message: “The program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down; if the problem persists, contact the program vendor.” I can’t even remember how many times I have been called about this error message. This message especially puts the new computer user to the test. “Do they contact the program vendor or not? If you are seriously wondering about this question, then the answer is an emphatic “no.” You will never get an answer from the vendor this way. In fact, sending an error report to the vendor is much the same as sending your “Wish List” to Santa at the North Pole.
What can be done?
One fact is that these errors could be resolved by restarting the computer, or turning it off and then turning it on again. So, if you are not a computer programmer or computer engineer, then these error messages do not mean much importance to you.
These error messages are nothing to worry about, but still there are some of the error messages that you should beware of and get help if you see them.
Windows perfection error - this message occur whenever there is a VXD which corresponds to the virtual device driver problem. Probably the one thing that you can do is restart your computer, put it in safe mode, remove and then again add the problem causing device driver. Problems in registry or windows also cause this problem. If the registry catches an error, then it is recommended to download a registry utility program which cleans the registry.
KERNEL32.DLL - Poor Kernel32 receives a lot of flack and there is just no hope for it. The problem is that the KERNEL32.DLL file deals with a lot of different processes. When you have a Kernel32 problem, you might have damaged files, bad registry entries, problems with the microprocessor, bad software, corrupt drivers, a virus, and sometimes even low hard drive disk space. See the Kernel32.DLL message could be any number of things. Sometimes even hardware trouble will cause this error message. For instance, you will get a KERNEL32.DLL message if your power supply is failing, or if your micro processor is overheating. Your first option in trying to fix this problem is to use a registry cleaner and see if the problem doesn’t lie therein.
Blue Screen Errors - These are major computer errors and usually the computer doesn’t bother sending you a cute error message here. You just get this big blue screen which is telling you to take immediate action. In some cases the blue screen will say “Wait for program or press ctl Alt Delete to reboot. In most cases you are just better off rebooting, because most of the time you cant get your program back. Once you reboot your computer should be fine. Sometimes the blue screen only informs you that you have unplugged some device and need to plug it back in. If Windows doesn’t come back, then you need to reboot. The only time you ever need to worry about the blue screen is when it keeps recurring and won’t go away, and then you probably have a hardware problem and should call a repair service provider.
In the End
Rebooting the computer only helps in most of the cases. There are always exceptions and there are cases when there have been problems in registry files and a registry utility cleaner solves the problem. It is important for you to get used to the meaning of error messages and summon a service technician to see what the problem actually is.
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