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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / March 2007How to Uninstall Blue Screen of Death Screensaver
Recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled XP Pro and all apps. All of a sudden, the Windows BSOD Screensaver started popping up. Please tell me how to remove this thing from my machine. I searched for bluescrn.scr but could not find it anywhere on my HD. The BSOD screensaver is not listed on the ADD/REMOVE Programs screen in Control Panel. It does not show up when I search for *.scr. donotspam wrote: > Recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled XP Pro and all apps. All of a > sudden, the Windows BSOD Screensaver started popping up. Please tell me > how > to remove this thing from my machine. I searched for bluescrn.scr but > could > not find it anywhere on my HD. BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Gordon: I believe you are correct. However, I think I remember that someone created a screen saver that is an exact knock-off of a STOP error. If so I don't think it will last long since, believe it or not, those blue screens are Microsoft's <ahem> intellectual </ahem> property. --- Leonard Grey Since no one was buying 'Earl Grey' > donotspam wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Gordon, apparently you are unfamiliar with the BSOD screensaver. Do a Google search on it (full name) and you'll get lots of hits. > donotspam wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. donotspam wrote: > Gordon, apparently you are unfamiliar with the BSOD screensaver. Do a > Google search on it (full name) and you'll get lots of hits. yes I *know* it's a screensaver - did you install it? If not, then either what you are getting is NOT a screensaver or you have lamware on board. No, I did not install it; that's what is so puzzling. I don't know how it got onto my system. And I DO know that it is the MS BSOD screensaver, with which I'm familiar from difficulties experienced by acquaintances with it. At last check, using Windows Defender, Spyware Doctor, Spybot, and Ad-aware, I have no malware on the system. (Don't get hung up on the term "screensaver", Gordon. MS uses that term in its knowledge base, to which I gave you a link below.) > donotspam wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > yes I *know* it's a screensaver - did you install it? If not, then either > what you are getting is NOT a screensaver or you have lamware on board. Here, I'll save you the trouble: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx > donotspam wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Simple question... although you probably are going to say yes ... but did you check in add/remove programs? Wow...Seems strange someone would develop a "prank" program like that. > Here, I'll save you the trouble: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your >> operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Ohh (my bad... lol) I see you did look in A/R progs already. Well - based on what you've said thus far... I would think your seeing a legitimate BSOD screen. Heres why: 1. You recently clean reinstalled Windows and all your apps. 2. The software you provided a link for - wasn't installed by you - and it isn't listed in Add/Remove. 3. You stated you scanned for Malware and found none. Depending on what the message says... you could legitimately have a problem that is just now showing up. > Simple question... although you probably are going to say yes ... but did > you check in add/remove programs? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>> BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Thanks for your comments, CJ. Nope, it's not a legitimate BSOD screen. One way to determine that is to observe that the BSOD screensaver changes your screen resolution, which causes its text to fill the full screen rather than being in a smaller font taking up less space. The other way to determine that is simply by having seen it numerous times on others' computers. The text is quite different from the typical legitimate BSOD. What stumps me is how it got on my HD in the first place. It can be downloaded from numerous websites, among them Microsoft's; but I never downloaded it. (The program originated with SysInternals, which - if I remember correctly - was bought out by Microsoft. MS then offered the program on its own website.) I searched for bluescrn.scr on my MS install disc, but came up empty-handed there. Somehow, it snuck in on to my HD from somewhere else. And now I can't get rid of it. My one remaining option seems to be to download the program from MS, install it, and hope that there is an uninstall option offered with the setup program. If so, that should clear it off the HD. If not, I'm in a heap of trouble, as they like to say in Georgia. Arghhh..... > Ohh (my bad... lol) I see you did look in A/R progs already. Well - based > on what you've said thus far... I would think your seeing a legitimate BSOD [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>> BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. At least, this explains how to close the screensaver when it appears: http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7191&KW=Screensaver > Ohh (my bad... lol) I see you did look in A/R progs already. Well - based > on what you've said thus far... I would think your seeing a legitimate BSOD [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>> BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Incidentally, the screensaver is downloaded as "bluescreen.zip". > Ohh (my bad... lol) I see you did look in A/R progs already. Well - based > on what you've said thus far... I would think your seeing a legitimate BSOD [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>> BSOD is NOT a "screensaver"! It happens when there is an error with your > >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it generates. Was it my understanding from an earlier post, that friends or colleagues of yours had similar problems with getting this removed as well off their pcs? Did you borrow any software from them?? Obviously Something is triggering this process into occuring... have you looked at Msconfig in Startup Group or Services group. You might even want to download Hijackthis and run a scan and create a log file. Make sure you install it to a permanent folder on the harddrive. To analyize the log... go to link below and paste resulting log file contents . http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english Evedently, something or some process is causing it to load at startup. > Incidentally, the screensaver is downloaded as "bluescreen.zip". > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it >> >>> generates. Failing all else... you could right click on the desktop, click properties, tab on screen savers section. See what screen saver is supposed to be running and then change it. Otherwise I'm sitting here scratching my head right along with you. > Was it my understanding from an earlier post, that friends or colleagues > of yours had similar problems with getting this removed as well off their [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >>> >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it >>> >>> generates. Failing all else, maybe System Restore is an option...if I can get it to work.... > Failing all else... you could right click on the desktop, click properties, > tab on screen savers section. See what screen saver is supposed to be [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >>> >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it > >>> >>> generates. It was co-workers that had the thing on their machines, and the local IT guys couldn't figure out how it got there or how to remove it. But I didn't borrow any software from them. MSCONFIG was the first thing I checked. Not there. Then I checked the desktop screensavers, which I am not using, and it wasn't there, either. Searched for *.srn, *.scr, and several other alternatives. Nothing. If all else fails, I'll try HijackThis, but that is a bit of a PITA for me, as I haven't much time for these demanding corrective measures. I frequently don't get to the computer until after midnight. Funny thing...most of the articles and MS stuff state that the BSOD screensaver activates every fifteen seconds or so. I've never had it do that; I usually see it only once every three or four days. Can't relate that to any functioning app or other catalyst. > Failing all else... you could right click on the desktop, click properties, > tab on screen savers section. See what screen saver is supposed to be [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >>> >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it > >>> >>> generates. Well Norm, I went ahead and downloaded Bluescreen. Zip - to try it on my own PC. It installs to C:\Windows\System32\ folder as "SysInternals Bluescreen.scr." I did it with an idea in mind of getting a feel for what it is your most likely seeing on your screen. I had no problems setting it up or removing it afterwards. I set it to display after ten minutes and it came up no problems. I also had selected its fancy add hard drive effects which amounts to it making a fake restart (with the Windows XP screen and the load progress indicator on screen.) Ctrl key took me back out to my desktop. File version I had was about 700Kb - which isn't out of range for some screen savers size wise. One other thing we didn't delve into here is examining the Event Viewer, in the Control panel click on Administrative Tools. I would look first in Applications, then under System. Look for a pattern of failures... you state it seems to occur about every 4 days. Look for an event occuring in 4 day increments either as a /!\ [Warning] or (X) [Error] event. Somehow we'll get to the bottom of whats going on here. > It was co-workers that had the thing on their machines, and the local IT > guys [quoted text clipped - 93 lines] >> >>> >>> operating system. You need to post the error message that it >> >>> >>> generates. |
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