I have been trying for days to fix this. I don't know how it started because my kids and I all use the computer. I do know that now, both IE and Firefox are getting randomly loading advertisement pages that they never got before in addition to the BSOD crashes I am experiencing when I allow windows to load normally. I can run just fine in safe mode with networking after I went to an earlier restore point. Here are my specs- IBM ThinkPad T43 Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.73 GHz RAM: 512 (I know, I know...) And here is the crash report- Thank you in advance! ~Solstice Crash List Created by using BlueScreenView Dump File Crash Time Bug Check String Bug Check Code Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Parameter 4 Caused By Driver Caused By Address File Description Product Name Company File Version Processor Computer Name Full Path Processors Count Major Version Minor Version Dump File Size 052411-31375-01.dmp 5/24/2011 12:49:26 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x82f9c487 0xa8aab75c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052411-31375-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,856 052311-31890-01.dmp 5/23/2011 10:03:21 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x82fa7487 0xa70e775c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052311-31890-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,856 052311-33671-01.dmp 5/23/2011 2:48:39 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x82f98487 0xa993b75c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052311-33671-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,856 052211-33656-01.dmp 5/22/2011 4:36:45 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x833a0487 0x921c775c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052211-33656-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,816 052111-33921-01.dmp 5/21/2011 7:25:44 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x83398487 0x8c09175c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052111-33921-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,816 052111-39343-01.dmp 5/21/2011 2:59:43 PM KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000008e 0xc0000005 0x8339b487 0xab10b75c 0x00000000 ataport.SYS ataport.SYS+6487 ATAPI Driver Extension Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052111-39343-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,816 052011-43937-01.dmp 5/20/2011 10:23:03 PM SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000007e 0xc0000005 0x828a7dde 0x80e07b50 0x80e07730 ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+6fdde NT Kernel & System Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16792 (win7_gdr.110408-1633) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\052011-43937-01.dmp 1 15 7600 139,816 You make a living with what you get, you make a life with what you give. ~Winston Churchill

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Hi Solstice, I see two major problems. First, it looks like you have some sort of malware infection; what do you have as far as antivirus is concerned? Are you able to run a full scan? And second: Windows 7 requires 1GB of RAM minimum. That can easily contribute to your system failure. The fact that it runs in Safe Mode can be attributed to the fact that it runs much lighter with a lot less programs and services that don't use RAM. Can you get at least another 512MB? or even better, another 1.5 or just a fresh 2 or 4GB? Edit: If you have 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate, your requirements are increased: you need at minimum 2 GB. Are you able to add some? H Jones, MCT CEO, Imperium Creative http://imperiumcreative.com/