I need nerds now more than ever...

[worstofmykind]

What does
Stop: Fatal System Error
mean, and why is my computer saying it?

Will Mildred ever work again?
Valerie

PS Mildred is my computer. Now she is sick and living up to her syphilitic, betraying namesake.

Comments

[blueloki]

Poor poor Mildred...

I guess there's no point in me coming over and showing you the database tonight. :(

[worstofmykind]

Um, she was dead...but she got better.
I guess fatal means something entirely different to computer makers than it does to me.
To me Fatal=Dead
To them Fatal=Temporary inconvenience

[blueloki]

Good, being without a computer is like missing a lung, you can still breath but it's not nearly as convenient...

BTW, congrats on your smoking reduction.

[malkcontent]

Fatal system error just means that in encountered an error that caused your system to crash and was unable to continue processing... usually a reboot fixes this... what you have to watch out for is kernal errors and corrupt sector messages... those are a bitch.

But you can check your event viewer to see what kind of error it was. Chances are you just need to clean and defrag your hard drive and clear your cache.