BIG scary error screen!

[Guest]

Hi All

Have just moved the mouse on my other computer (to get it off blank screen
saver) with Vista installed and a blue screen with the following message
appeared:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

DRIVER_IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

There is stuff on resolution ie restart which has worked for the time being
- I have turned the comp straight off though.

Technical info as follows:
*** STOP: 0000000D1 (0X00000000, 0X00000002, 0X00000008, 0X00000000)

Followed by:
"Collecting data for crash dump...
Initializing disk for crash dump..."

As far as know, nothing has been changed on the computer - unless it has
been done automatically.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated as I have no cluehow to fix this
problem myself.
Thank you
Dan

 

[John Inzer]

Hi All

Have just moved the mouse on my other computer (to get it off blank
screen saver) with Vista installed and a blue screen with the
following message appeared:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

DRIVER_IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

There is stuff on resolution ie restart which has worked for the time
being - I have turned the comp straight off though.

Technical info as follows:
*** STOP: 0000000D1 (0X00000000, 0X00000002, 0X00000008, 0X00000000)

Followed by:
"Collecting data for crash dump...
Initializing disk for crash dump..."

As far as know, nothing has been changed on the computer - unless it
has been done automatically.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated as I have no cluehow to fix this
problem myself.
Thank you
Dan

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Maybe the following links will offer some ideas:

(935806) Troubleshooting Stop error messages
that may occur when you try to install Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935806/en-us

(Results of a Google Groups search)
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
http://tinyurl.com/24mnul


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[Gary G. Little]

How often does the BSOD happen?

 

[Guest]

That error means something has gone wrong in Windows, and Windows will then
stop to prevent more problems.

If this is the first time you've seen this error, it's not really a problem.
It can happen sometimes.

If you receive this error often (like once per month), it might indicate a
problem with your computer or a driver you've installed.

 

[Guest]

I have been running Vista on a brand new comp for a couple of months and it
is the first time it has happened.

 

[Marco Desloovere]

Hi All

Have just moved the mouse on my other computer (to get it off blank screen
saver) with Vista installed and a blue screen with the following message
appeared:
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

DRIVER_IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

There is stuff on resolution ie restart which has worked for the time being
- I have turned the comp straight off though.

Technical info as follows:
*** STOP: 0000000D1 (0X00000000, 0X00000002, 0X00000008, 0X00000000)

Followed by:
"Collecting data for crash dump...
Initializing disk for crash dump..."

As far as know, nothing has been changed on the computer - unless it has
been done automatically.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated as I have no cluehow to fix this
problem myself.
Thank you
Dan

The important thing to do is to read the crash dump file to find out
what caused this BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).

This file will be found in C:\Windows\Minidump and is named
"Mini<date>-<number>.dmp". The first crash dump file of today would thus
be called "Mini081107-01.dmp".

To read this file you'll have to install the debugging tools for
Windows, 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx

Copy the crash dump file temporarily to the desktop or any other
convenient place.
Launch "WinDbg" and open the crash dump file at the location where you
just copied it to.
There is a lot of technical data shown, but the essential error
information is at the end and will read something like this:
Probably caused by : <file name> ( <some other information> )

This should give you a good clue as to what caused the BSOD.
You can then work from there to find a solution to the problem.

Marco