IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN

[Guest]

There appears to be huge volumes of banter in every forum pertaining to the
blue screen at restart or after a crash under the subject IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN.
There however does not appear to be much in the way of support. Windows XP
update caused the problem, however Microsoft is offering nothing in the
Knowledge base, or support FAQ's to assist. Is there a definitive resolve to
this issue? There are no device errors, Roxio is upgraded, Creative Sound
LAbs is updated...there are no driver errors...

 

[Don Burn]

IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN is the code the comes from many causes. Basically,
things like many illegal memory references, etc will cause
IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN. Staticg "Windows XP update caused the problem" is
bullshit, since without a core dump and analysis you cannot know what
caused the problem. This has been by far the most common BSOD since
Windows NT 3.1.

Now this group is form driver development, and so connect up WinDBG and get
the !analyze -v of the crash. Then maybe someone can point to a real
culprit. If you aren't doing driver development, complain in one of the
groups on hardware or administration of Windows.


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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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