Solution for Vista’s BSoD After Upgrade to SP2
BSoD or Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSoD, bluescreen, or Blue Screen of Doom) is a colloquialism used for the error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down to prevent damage. It serves to present information for diagnostic purposes that was collected as the operating system issued a bug check.
When you have this problem after upgrade your Windows Vista to Service Pack 2 (SP2) with this message on BSoD :
BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER (fe)
There are some steps to fix this problem. I have some computers that i manage (my laptop and some computers on my campus) and all fixed using below step by step :
Step 1 :
- Restart my windows and start in Safe Mode
- Go to Power Plan, choose Balanced power plan.
- Go to setting >> advanced setting at Balanced power plan
- Under USB section there is an option for USB selective suspend option. By default the plan called for disabled while on wall power and enabled while on battery power. I changed the plan so that USB selective suspend option was disabled for both wall power and battery power.
- Restart my windows and start in normal mode.
Some computers fixed with above step. But some don’t. So i think i will change how the system manage paging file size.
Step 2 :
- Restart my windows and start in Safe Mode
- Go to Control panel >> System >> Advance system settings
- On Advanced tab, click Performance >> Settings
- Choose Advanced tab and click Change button on Virtual Memory
- Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives
- Select System Managed Size on my system drives (usually drive C)
- Click OK and close all tab.
- Restart my windows and start in normal mode.
There is my last computer that did not fix yet. So i did another trick below.
Step 3 :
- Restart my windows and start in Safe Mode
- Go to Start Menu >> Accessories >> System Tools >> System Restore
- Check choose a different restore point and click next
- Choose restore point that installed Service Pack 2, so my windows will be started like when SP2 have not been installed.
- Change the power plan for USB option and paging file size like step 1 and step 2 above
- Restart my windows and start in normal mode
- Upgrade windows to SP2
Now, all computers fixed and i am a happy person. Remember, all step by step above is from my experience and could be different for other. Just do your trial and error and you will find the best way to solve your BSoD problem.
Iwan Setya Putra

