This always refer to a bad Hardware/driver installed.
Also did you have any hardware/Software/Updates recently installed?, please
state if any in your next post.
General troubleshooting for an error message that you may receive randomly
in Windows XP: "Stop 0x0000008E"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945658
"Stop 0x0000008E" error message in Win32k.sys when you use the keyboard to
access a program menu in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834450
A "STOP: 0x0000008E" error message occurs when you change the hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330187
Bug Check 0x8E: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms794023.aspx
Random "0x0000008E" Error Message on a Blue Screen in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827663
A "STOP: 0x0000008E" error message occurs when you change the hardware
acceleration setting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330187
Error message when you try to open files on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930916
STOP 0x0000008E error message on a blue screen and your computer does not
enter hibernation or standby after you remove an IEEE 1394 storage device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813818
Try to use the Verifier.exe command to see which Drivers not Verified on
your system:
How to Use Driver Verifier to Troubleshoot Windows Drivers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244617/en-us
Stop 0x00000050 in Win32k.sys When Changing Keyboard Layout
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/252371
3...You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by
downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
Reboot.
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp.
You may need to reposition/reset the RAM sticks in their slots.
Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
later for this step to copy the error message on it.
Open a run command and type in:
eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
click on each of these:
Application
System
Security
Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
causer.
On the Event error properties message you will see:
Up Arrow
Down arrow
Two pages
Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
NOTE: Did you scan your computer (I mean Full Scan) for Viruses and malware
lately?.
Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
HTH.
nass
