0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL on Startup

[Guest]

My desktop began giving me the following BSOD stop at EVERY startup:

0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
(0x00000000,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x00000000). MS KB has nothing for
desktops with the exact message, but for 0x000000D1
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL it suggests that it could be either a driver or
bad memory. Since I can start up consistently in Safe mode w/ Networking, I
lean toward a driver. Per the KB instructions I have now move all non-signed
drivers (per SIGVERIF) out of system32/drivers, but no change.

The only new drivers I may have gotten would have been for my auto and
frequent update software - Virus protection, spyware and Windows XP updates.

I don't dare move any MS drivers out of my drivers folder, so what next?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web page - right hand column
(D1)

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Guest]

Will, Thanks, but the site's links back to support.microsoft.com deal with
the things I've already tried ( I forgot to mention originally that I've
already set my virtual memory to 0 and back again).

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Run the driver verifier:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244617

It will not fix the problem, but it should pinpoint which one is causing the
problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Thanks! It seems to have fixed my problem, though I can't explain it.
- Downloaded the executable
- Ran it to load the verifier
- Restarted as instructed
Upon restart, no more BSOD! I've since restarted a half a dozen times
successfully, and never used the verifier.