Thanks to Tea and LOL at Sailor.....
I'm pretty sure that the blue screen of death came from a little fit I threw a couple of weeks ago.
I came home from a bad day at work.....the bad day continued at home....the computer was acting all funky so I basically slammed my hand down on the keyboard and then tossed it to the floor.
When I did this I heard my two youngest daughters whispering to the oldest "Dad just threw his laptop on the floor!" I honestly didn't know they were in the room or I would never have acted that way.
What's funny is that last night I told my wife I had ordered a new laptop to replace the dead one. I also told her that I felt confident I could fix the old one since it's probably a problem with loose inductors on the mother board.
Well my youngest daughter (8 years old) asked if she could have my old one when I got it fixed and my answer was no....
Of course being 8 years old she asked "why not" and I replied "because you are too young to have a lap top.
Now honestly I felt that this was a pretty good answer. I mean sheesh the older girls didn't get theirs until they were 14 and 16.
Well the 8 year old's response to me was "Well at least I know enough not to throw it on the floor, even if I AM ONLY 8 YEARS OLD!"
Hmmmmm......
How do you answer that?
Anyway, if I get it fixed I guess my 8 year old has a lap top coming.
Sorry to get so far off topic.
Dave