Problem solved. My friend is trying to start tf2...

[Roman]

ALSO!!! Run the "Blue Screen of Death" tool and post the result here.

I'm old fashioned and have WinDbg installed. I have people send me their dump files and I analyze them that way.

 

[PsychoRealm]

Got this when downloading that tool in chrome:

BlueScreenView touches the registry and works with memory directly. Most likely that's why Chrome considers it to be a malicious software. However, Nirsoft is extremely reputable source with hacking tools.

I'm old fashioned and have WinDbg installed. I have people send me their dump files and I analyze them that way.

The only reason I suggested BlueScreenView is that it has user-friendly interface. Users like OP won't be able to read WinDbg's (which I'm using too) output as easy as BlueScreenView's output.

 

[Roman]

I use NirSoft's CurrProcess instead of Process Explorer. Very handy.

 

[SgtGiraffe]

all of this computer talk makes me...... feel.... weak..... and stupid .....

 

[takethepants]

Scan Statistics:
Scan Time: 1 seconds
Scan Targets: C:\Downloads\bluescreenview.zip
Counts:
Total items scanned: 5
- Files & Directories: 5
- Registry Entries: 0
- Processes & Start-up Items: 0
- Network & Browser Items: 0
- Other: 0
- Trusted Files: 0
- Skipped Files: 0

Total security risks detected: 0
Total items resolved: 0
Total items that require attention: 0

Resolved Threats:
No risks have been resolved

Unresolved Threats:
No unresolved risks