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Everyone who has a computer has gone through the phase of error messages appearing on the screen. You feel your heart bouncing fast and a nervous attack when you see the fatal or illegal error messages appearing on the screen. Who gave the name of these error messages as “fatal” or illegal”? Does it imply that someone is going to die? Is the computer going to be dead because you turned it on? Some people get so afraid when they see these error messages on the screen, that all they do is turn the computer off and summon a service person. More than 20,000 error messages are known to be appearing on the screen but it is impossible to know their significance and meaning.

What significance does the error messages like “Cannot delete tmp 164_5.tmp: not enough free disc space” hold? This has no significance at all. Sometimes, the computer insists you on deleting some files, and won’t let you delete the files when you do. What a strange situation!

There is a message “An illegal operation has been performed by the program which will now shut down. Contact the program provider, if it continues”. I don’t even remember the exact number of time I have encountered this message. This one message tests the nerves of the user. You may be wondering if the people call the program provider in such a case. The answer is a simple “NO”. The program vendors are not helpful in these cases. Letting the vendor know about the error message is just the same as letting Santa know about your wish list.

What can be Done?

One fact is that these errors could be resolved by restarting the computer, or turning it off and then turning it on again. So, if you are not a computer programmer or computer engineer, then these error messages do not mean much importance to you.

These error messages are nothing to worry about, but still there are some of the error messages that you should beware of and get help if you see them.

Windows Protection Error- This error appears when there is a VxD or a virtual device driver problem. The best thing you can do is boot your computer in safe mode and uninstall and then reinstall the device driver that has the problem. This error message can also be caused by other problems like, memory, or a registry error. In case of a registry error, you can run a registry utilities program, which can be found on the internet to clean up your registry.

KERNEL32.DLL - Poor Kernel32 receives a lot of flack and there is just no hope for it. The problem is that the KERNEL32.DLL file deals with a lot of different processes. When you have a Kernel32 problem, you might have damaged files, bad registry entries, problems with the microprocessor, bad software, corrupt drivers, a virus, and sometimes even low hard drive disk space. See the Kernel32.DLL message could be any number of things. Sometimes even hardware trouble will cause this error message. For instance, you will get a KERNEL32.DLL message if your power supply is failing, or if your micro processor is overheating. Your first option in trying to fix this problem is to use a registry cleaner and see if the problem doesn’t lie therein.

Blue Screen Errors - These are the biggest of the problems and in this case, the computer does not bother to display an error message to inform you. All you get is the big blue screen, which means that you have to take a sudden action. Sometimes the blue screen displays a message “wait for the program to start or else press ctrl-alt-del to restart the computer”. Rebooting the computer helps in many cases as you cannot get the program back. The computer may get back to normal once you reboot. Some of the times, the blue screen displays that you need to plug back a device which has been unplugged by you. You may reboot in case windows not turning up. It is matter of concern when the blue screen keeps on appearing, and you must call a service person if there is a hardware problem.

In the End

Rebooting the computer only helps in most of the cases. There are always exceptions and there are cases when there have been problems in registry files and a registry utility cleaner solves the problem. It is important for you to get used to the meaning of error messages and summon a service technician to see what the problem actually is.