BSOD when exiting Solidworks 2006

BSOD when exiting Solidworks 2006... Any ideas, already did a re-install
after uninstalling and registry clean. At first I thought it was a registry
problem as I was getting BSODs when ever I changed a setting in Solidworks.
At this point I'm just trying to determine if it is hardware or OS.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

it may be a corrupt file--does it happen all the time, or only when working
with particular parts/assemblies?

 

What does the BSOD say? (ie. what error did it generate?), usually in
the first couple of lines of Bills Sudden Onset Destruction.

 

You need to write down the first couple of line on the BSOD and then
search MSoft for the meaning. It may have nothing to do with SW.

 

sorry for my ignorance but what the heck is BSOD???

 

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

Not that common any more in XP usually a hardware or driver fault.


John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz

 

thanks, another hole in my education is now filled

 

Hey guys,

We found the problem. The 3 system files associated with my profile got
screwed up somehow. By logging into a different profile with admin
privileges we were able to copy the files from another profile and get the
system up and running again. I'm glad our IT guy knows more about this
stuff than I do...

Jeff

 

What 3 files????? This would be good info to have documented here in
case someone ele runs into it.

I also wonder if you would have been able to blow away the SW CU key
and have it recreate it and fix the problem.

WT

 

In the folder called DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS and then in your user folder
(mine is JEFF) you will find NTUSER.DAT, ntuser.ini and ntuser.dat.log.
These files are the heart & soul of the registry. My IT guy says there was
something screwed up in the user hive. You will have to log on as
administrator to be able to back up these files, I zipped them up so that I
can easily restore them if this ever happens again.

hope this helps,
Jeff