if you use a windows computer, at one time or another, you will become familiar with this infamous error that all windows operating system has. i have experienced it in windows 98, windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, not windows 7 so far... we'll see, i hope i am disappointed and never see it again..





usually rebooting your computer makes it go away





this is how the error looks like..


A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
Computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer.
If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. if a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. if you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press f8 to select advanced start-up options and then select safe mode.

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and
terminated. Run chkdisk/f to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:
STOP: 0x0000007B

*** vidgd.dll - address BF039614 base at BF012000x datestamt 49344e53

Beginning dump of memory