The next step is to either check the computer hardware, change configuration settings in the bios or remove and update drivers in Windows. Users without a clue will most likely perform a search on the Internet for the blue screen error. This usually throws dozens of possible causes and solutions at them.

Blue Screen View is a portable software program for the Windows operating system that aids users in their research. It can scan all so called minidumps on a computer system so that it becomes possible to take a look at the blue screen error again in Windows. This takes away the need of writing down the information to be able to perform a search on the Internet.

Blue Screen View does not only display the information already mentioned. It also aids the user by enumerating the memory addresses inside the stack of the crash displaying all drivers and modules that might have been involded in it. It will also display information about the drivers that are mentioned in the crash dump including product names and file versions. Another interesting option is the ability to analyse crash dumps from another Windows installation with the software.

Blue Screen View works with all versions of Windows including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The application can currently only analyse 32-bit dumps with the possibility that 64-bit dumps are added in a later version of the program.

Apparently though some users are experiencing an STOP 0x0000000A Error when installing Windows Vista on computers that have four or more Gigabytes of RAM installed. Users receive a Blue Screen of Death with the Stop error message.

The workaround solution from Microsoft was to try the installation again or remove enough memory modules to reduce the installed RAM to less than 3 Gigabytes and put them back in once the installation completed successfully.

A patch was released shortly after that which apparently cannot help users who are trying to install the operating system from scratch. Microsoft suggests to update the Windows installation source files which is something not a lot of users can or want to do.

Your best bet is to reduce the memory modules and install Windows Vista this way. Once Vista has been installed I suggest to apply the patch and add the remaining memory modules to the computer.