I was sitting reading DU and all of a sudden my computer "clicked" like when

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the power goes off...but the power had not gone off and I had a blue screen which said something about a serious problem and to restart my computer if this was the first time I had seen the message (it was). So, I turned it off and restarted it and got a message from Microsoft that the serious problem had been resolved and did I want to send an error report..anyone know what this is about? Does this is any way indicate that my computer is sick or dying? Just a glitch? Thank you.

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1. What Operating System?

What kind of computer? There's a log entry somewhere to tell you what went wrong.

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2. Dell computer, Windows XP...

[Why Syzygy]

3. This tells you how to look at the event viewer

to determine what happened.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

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4. ok, thanks! I guess it's not a big problem after all..

[canetoad]

5. You have just experienced

the famous BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). If Windows says it's resolved, don't worry any more unless it happens regularly. Could be a sign of something drastically wrong, may just be a glitch that won't repeat.

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6. That was my fear..thanks. It looks like everything is ok for now.