None of the situations above has helped. I am unable to zip the files in the minidump folder. Each t ime I start my dell studio xps, within minutes, i get the blue screen saying minidump. I did what was recommended in other posts but nothing helped. I tried to restore to an earlier date but that did not help. Anything else I can do. My sister said its a virus, I doubt that. I have spyware doctor on my laptop along with AVG and no viruses or malware was detected. This is what's in my dump folder:- 011311-34055-01.dmp 011411-53071-01.dmp 011511-26067-01.dmp 011511-4311-01.dmp

This is what's in my dump folder:- 011311-34055-01.dmp 011411-53071-01.dmp 011511-26067-01.dmp 011511-4311-01.dmp To see the cause I have to take a look at the dumps with the Debugging Tools for Windows. Please start the Windows Explorer and go to the folder C:\Windows\Minidump. Next, copy the 4 dmp files to your desktop, zip all dmp into 1 zip file and upload the zip file to your public Skydrive [1] folder and post a link here. André [1] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65 "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/