IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL

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I recently began getting BSOD'ed after I installed Worlds of Warcraft
(on-line gaming software) on my XP Pro based system. This was the ONLY
software or hardware change I have made in the last several months. I tried
uninstalling, but the problem persists.

I can boot to safe mode, but can't shake the problem. I've read other
discussions on this error, but they all seem to be related to hardware
devices.

Help!?
 
Hi Alex,

If this is a new error, try restoring your system back to when it worked.

1. How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

2. If you've been unable to see the exact error due to a system restart then
To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
labelled "Automatically restart" under the System Failure section.

3. To analyse the error, try the steps in: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

4. If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
the instructions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers

5. Otherwise, here's how to troubleshoot IRQL errors (scroll down this page):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/troubleshoot.asp

6. And here are the Microsoft Articles on those IRQL errors (complete list):
http://support.microsoft.com/search...L&maxResults=25&Titles=false&numDays=&InCC=on

7. Hope this shines some light on the situation. If it seems like a lot of diagnosis,
and I agree that it is, try a repair installation of Windows instead, test your RAM
and update your drivers (step 4) to optimize your Windows XP installation. :-)
--
How To Repair Windows:
Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

That's about it. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any. :-)


--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Alex Wrote:
=================
| I recently began getting BSOD'ed after I installed Worlds of Warcraft
| (on-line gaming software) on my XP Pro based system. This was the ONLY
| software or hardware change I have made in the last several months. I tried
| uninstalling, but the problem persists.
|
| I can boot to safe mode, but can't shake the problem. I've read other
| discussions on this error, but they all seem to be related to hardware
| devices.
|
| Help!?
 
Thanks for the help. It did'nt completely fix the problem, but some of the
suggestions you gave moved me in the right direction and got me thinking
about the root cause of the problem. In the end, I ran the Windows
"verifier" utility from the start menu, selected the suspicious drivers from
a list (video and audio), re-booted and I've been fine ever since. I thank
you for your help and I'm relieved the problem was solved so quickly. I lot
of other message boards I read had endless threads that never seemed to be
able to solve the problem in the end.
 
Hi Alex,

Thanks for posting back with the positive results. :-)
I'm happy that the solution didn't involve updating hardware.


--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________



Alex Wrote:
=================
| Thanks for the help. It did'nt completely fix the problem, but some of the
| suggestions you gave moved me in the right direction and got me thinking
| about the root cause of the problem. In the end, I ran the Windows
| "verifier" utility from the start menu, selected the suspicious drivers from
| a list (video and audio), re-booted and I've been fine ever since. I thank
| you for your help and I'm relieved the problem was solved so quickly. I lot
| of other message boards I read had endless threads that never seemed to be
| able to solve the problem in the end.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Alex,
||
|| If this is a new error, try restoring your system back to when it worked.
||
|| 1. How to use Windows XP System Restore:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
||
|| 2. If you've been unable to see the exact error due to a system restart then
|| To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
|| Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
|| labelled "Automatically restart" under the System Failure section.
||
|| 3. To analyse the error, try the steps in: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
||
|| 4. If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
|| the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
|| the instructions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
||
|| 5. Otherwise, here's how to troubleshoot IRQL errors (scroll down this page):
|| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/troubleshoot.asp
||
|| 6. And here are the Microsoft Articles on those IRQL errors (complete list):
||
http://support.microsoft.com/search...L&maxResults=25&Titles=false&numDays=&InCC=on
||
|| 7. Hope this shines some light on the situation. If it seems like a lot of diagnosis,
|| and I agree that it is, try a repair installation of Windows instead, test your RAM
|| and update your drivers (step 4) to optimize your Windows XP installation. :-)
|| --
|| How To Repair Windows:
|| Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows:
|| using this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
||
|| Afterwards, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall,
|| plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and
|| Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
||
|| That's about it. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any. :-)
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Alex Wrote:
|| =================
||| I recently began getting BSOD'ed after I installed Worlds of Warcraft
||| (on-line gaming software) on my XP Pro based system. This was the ONLY
||| software or hardware change I have made in the last several months. I tried
||| uninstalling, but the problem persists.
|||
||| I can boot to safe mode, but can't shake the problem. I've read other
||| discussions on this error, but they all seem to be related to hardware
||| devices.
|||
||| Help!?
 
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