Windows 7 Recent Blue Screens (yes its plural with an S)

KaiserPhantasma

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Dunno what is causing this crashes cause from what I remembered I haven't installed any "suspicious software"

this just happened VERY recently as indicated on the logs... thought it was just an "isolated" problem...

apparently its centered around "pcw.sys" whatever that is...

Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

On Wed 5/25/2016 5:22:43 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052516-19032-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001424FA1, 0xFFFFF880023F0208, 0xFFFFF880023EFA60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/25/2016 5:17:56 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052516-15241-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001527FA1, 0xFFFFF8800251D208, 0xFFFFF8800251CA60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/25/2016 5:09:29 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052516-15178-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001581FA1, 0xFFFFF8800251D208, 0xFFFFF8800251CA60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Tue 5/24/2016 1:34:42 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052416-17752-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001548FA1, 0xFFFFF8800250F208, 0xFFFFF8800250EA60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Mon 5/23/2016 10:16:04 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\052316-17097-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8800152CFA1, 0xFFFFF880023E2208, 0xFFFFF880023E1A60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/18/2016 11:03:06 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051916-16785-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF880015E3FA1, 0xFFFFF8800251D208, 0xFFFFF8800251CA60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/18/2016 12:16:29 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051816-17378-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001513FA1, 0xFFFFF88002508208, 0xFFFFF88002507A60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Wed 5/11/2016 9:41:31 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051116-16894-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF88001505FA1, 0xFFFFF88002516208, 0xFFFFF88002515A60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.



On Mon 5/9/2016 11:49:38 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051016-16676-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: pcw.sys (pcw+0x9FA1)
Bugcheck code: 0x7E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF880015A4FA1, 0xFFFFF88002516208, 0xFFFFF88002515A60)
Error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pcw.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Performance Counters for Windows Driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a system thread generated an exception that the error handler did not catch.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.

 
Solution
General Causes of pcw.sys Error

This pcw.sys file stores important information that how the program or a Windows service needs to run. As a result, it will pop up an error message when this file is corrupt or damaged. In such circumstance, you may have a problem running the program or using the computer properly.

Most of the time, you will get an error message when there is a computer error. That error message may give you any hint on what may be wrong. Knowing the root of the problem is half the battle won when it comes to fixing the error.

pcw.sys = Performance counters for Windows driver...

http://www.fixerrorhelps.com/fix-pc-error/how-to-fix-pcw.sys-error.html (i not sure i would run their software)


i would try a system...
General Causes of pcw.sys Error

This pcw.sys file stores important information that how the program or a Windows service needs to run. As a result, it will pop up an error message when this file is corrupt or damaged. In such circumstance, you may have a problem running the program or using the computer properly.

Most of the time, you will get an error message when there is a computer error. That error message may give you any hint on what may be wrong. Knowing the root of the problem is half the battle won when it comes to fixing the error.

pcw.sys = Performance counters for Windows driver...

http://www.fixerrorhelps.com/fix-pc-error/how-to-fix-pcw.sys-error.html (i not sure i would run their software)


i would try a system repair using: http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/7maintenance/windows-wont-load-system-repair-disc-fix-pc/
 
Solution