The Blue screen says windows at the top (as being the application with the error) and states OE# 0167:BFF8AB97. What all that means i have no clue.

I end up CTRL-ALT-DEL out to restart and can choose normal restart usually with no further problem.

I had 2 extra and very unwanted entries in my Registry
which although I had used the uninstall program that came with the program's, to remove, were still left behind.

I opened RegEdit paged down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion section of the Registry.
There I found I had 2 extra entries
Run_ and RunOnce_ both contained instructions to programs that had installed themselves onto my computer from the internet without my permission and which I thought I had uninstalled.

I checked Run RunOnce RunOnceEx RunServices and RunServicesOnce they all checked out OK. It was the 2 extra folders with the _ after them that I deleted.

I hope your problem is along the same lines and do checkout the web site I refered to at the begining.
It gives the whole picture

: I've been getting this error for about a week now and have no clue what to do with it.

: The Blue screen says windows at the top (as being the application with the error) and states OE# 0167:BFF8AB97. What all that means i have no clue.

: I end up CTRL-ALT-DEL out to restart and can choose normal restart usually with no further problem.

: Any ideas?