I need some serious help. I am getting the BSOD on my laptop. I've had laptop for many years and it just started when I recently created a new restrictive account. Not sure if that had anything to do with it because some tell me it would not have caused the problem and it was just coincidental. The only way I can boot up now is either using the "last known good configuration" or "safe mode." I have a Dell Inspiron 600 with Windows XP Professional- SP2. Here's the entire error message I get:
A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS STOP ERROR SCREEN. RESTART
YOUR COMPUTER. IF THIS SCREEN APPEARS AGAIN, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
CHECK TO MAKE SURE ANY NEW HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE IS PROPERLY INSTALLED.
IF THIS IS A NEW INSTALLATION, ASK YOUR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
MANUFACTURER FOR ANY WINDOWS UPDATES YOU MIGHT NEED.
IF PROBLEMS CONTINUE, DISABLE OR REMOVE ANY NEWLY INSTALLED HARDWARE OR
SOFTWARE. DISABLE BIOS MEMORY OPTIONS SUCH AS CACHING OR SHADOWING. IF
YOU NEED TO USE SAFE MODE TO REMOVE OR DISABLE COMPONENTS, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, PRESS F8 TO SELECT ADVANCED STARTUP OPTIONS, AND THEN SELECT SAFE MODE.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
*****stop:0x0000000A (0x00000029, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804DA6DB)
I'm not very computer literate, so please walk me through step-by-step on how to correct this problem. Any help is much appreciated.