XP shutdown gives DEVLDR not responding

[Hall]

Whenever I do a shutdown or restart, I get a message saying
End Program - DEVLDR
This program is not responding
...

and I need to click on the "End Now" button.

What's causing this and how do I make it go away?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You have a Creative Sound Blaster card? This is a known problem with some of
their driver sets (such as with the PCI512) and WinXP. Creative has yet to
resolve this issue with a proper driver set.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Error Message When You Shut Down Computer DEVLDR Not Responding
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;315327

 

[Hall]

But if I disable Blaster, won't this affect my sound functionality?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Yep, you'll just have to live with the notice - or get a different sound
card. I doubt at this point that Creative will bother fixing it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Did you read the whole article?

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6. Reinstall the sound card driver.

The SoundBlaster live! driver that is included with Windows XP does not
work. To download an update for the driver, visit the following SoundBlaster
Web site:
http://www.soundblaster.com/support/winxp/

 

[Guest]

I have a similar problem, but when I try to download and install the XP
driver patch for my Soundblaster, I get an error that "Setup could not detect
any Sound Blaster Live! Series WDM Drivers on your system".

Has anyone gotten around this? I used to use Windows2000, and everything
worked with the sound card, but I had problems getting software to run. Now
that I upgraded to XP, software runs, but my sound card doesn't work with the
software that came with it.

Please help. Thanks.