BSOD Vista ntkrnlpa.exe and different dumps

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• BSOD due ntkrnlpa.exe + 98339

  Hello, im of the bsod and find nothing anywhere to fix it.

  makes 2 standard tests with verifier.exe and read the dumps with BlueScreenView, which tells me that the bsod is caused by the ntkrnlpa.exe + 98339.
  any help is appreciated!

  Hello

  Ntkrnlpa.exe is a component of Windows which means than anything else he has led astray.

  Pick up the pieces after a computer crash
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/picking-up-the-pieces-after-a-computer-crash

  Check this thread for more information using BlueScreenView, MyEventViewer and other methods
  to troubleshoot the BlueScreens - top 3 responses (+ 1 other).

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-system/blue-screen-plug-and-play-detected-an-error-most/3deab2fa-4000-4136-8c78-a3d22b1db009

  We can analyze the minidumps if make you it available to the SkyDrive or another file
  sharing sites (such as MediaFire). If you have problems to download the copy of minidumps
  for the office or in the Documents folder and download them from there.

  ZIP or download the content of the C:\Windows\minidump

  Use SkyDrive to upload collected files
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02dB-4665-993a-08d865088d65

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  Also this, so you can see the probable bluescreens.

  Windows Vista restarts automatically if your computer encounters an error that requires him to plant.
  (also Windows 7)
  http://www.winvistatips.com/disable-automatic-restart-T84.html

  ===========================================================

  Check out these utilities to see if information may be collected:

  It is an excellent tool for displaying the blue screen error information

  -Free - BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death '.
  hangs and displays information about all accidents of a table.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/blue_screen_view.html

  -------------

  MyEventViewer can be verified at the time of the blue screen (BSOD) for a second or less
  the time of the BSOD for more information on the possible cause - see TIP.

  MyEventViewer - free - a simple alternative in the standard Windows Event Viewer.
  TIP - Options - Advanced filter allows you to see a period of time instead of the whole of the record-
  Set it for a bit before and after the time of the BSOD.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/my_event_viewer.html

  ------------

  AppCrashView - free - a small utility for Windows Vista and Windows 7 which shows details
  application of all accidents occurred in your system. The information breaks down is extracted from
  the wer files created by the Windows Error Reporting (WER) of the operating system component
  whenever an accident occurred. AppCrashView also allows you to easily record the list of accidents
  text/html/csv/xml file.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/app_crash_view.html

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP<- profile="" -="" windows="" expert="" -="" consumer="" :="" bicycle=""><- mark="" twain="" said="" it="">

• BSOD by ntkrnlpa.exe

  I'm using a PC running windows vista ultimate, I playing Call of duty mordern war online, and I always meet BSOD every time I play, all report was about ntkrnlpa.exe, this is one of them:

  Mini101711 - 01.dmp 17/10/2011-22:56:46 0x0886e1f6 0x000000d1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x00000002 0 x 00000001 0x8ea07836 dxgkrnl.sys dxgkrnl.sys + 4836 DirectX Graphics Kernel Microsoft® Windows® operating system Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101 - 2205) 32-bit ntkrnlpa.exe + 4dfb9 + 4836 dxgkrnl.sys dxgkrnl.sys + 71e1 dxgkrnl.sys + 782d C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini101711-01.dmp 4 15 6002 156 120
  what I need to do to fix this?, thanks
  p/s my PC:
  Core 2 quad Q8400 processor
  Motherboard ASUS P5P43TD
  memory: 4 GB gskill black version NT
  VGA-9800GT 512 MD
  CM 460w POWER supply

  Hello

  1. is the issue limited to only the game 'Call of Duty '?

  2. were you able to play this game on your system without any problems before?

  Method 1: Network update and the graphics driver. Please see the links below:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/automatically-get-recommended-drivers-and-updates-for-your-hardware

  Method 2:

  Try now to the KB article to perform the clean boot:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista and Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note:  After you used the clean boot in order to solve your problem follow step 7 to reset the computer to start as usual.

• BSOD of ntoskrnl.exe and other issues

  It is a new construction, new CPU/motherboard, etc, have a new video card. Three hard drives are in my system (1 SSD and HDD 2). I don't really know where to start to look at what may be the issue. I thought it was the video card, so I replaced it, but I still get similar questions.

  The BSOD is sporadic and the question doesn't seem to be the same thing every time, but ntoskrnl.exe has developed a couple of times. What are the possible problems that I might have?
  Here's what WhoCrashed said on the more recent accidents:
  Friday, February 8, 2013 4:59:24 AM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\020713-8751-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: atikmdag.sys (atikmdag + 0x33F79)
  Bugcheck code: 0xA (0xFFFFF88042F698C0, 0xFFFFF80002AD574F, 0x2, 0 x 1)
  Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\atikmdag.sys
  product: ATI Radeon Family
  company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc..
  Description: ATI Radeon driver in Kernel Mode
  Bug control description: This indicates that Microsoft Windows or a driver in mode accessed kernel memory paged at DISPATCH_LEVEL level or above.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  A third-party driver has been identified as the likely cause of the system error. It is suggested that you search for an update the following driver: atikmdag.sys (ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.).
  Google search: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  Friday, February 8, 2013 4:59:24 AM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: ntkrnlmp.exe (nt! KeBugCheckEx + 0x0)
  Bugcheck code: 0xA (0xFFFFF88042F698C0, 0xFFFFF80002AD574F, 0x2, 0 x 1)
  Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  Bug control description: This indicates that Microsoft Windows or a driver in mode accessed kernel memory paged at DISPATCH_LEVEL level or above.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in the Windows kernel. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver who cannot be identified at this time.

  Thursday, February 7, 2013 21:41:43 this computer crashed
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\020713-8564-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt + 0x7EFC0)
  Verification of error code: 0 x 50 (0 x 8, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, 0x0)
  Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: NT Kernel System &
  Bug control description: This indicates that invalid system memory was referenced.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in the Windows kernel. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver who cannot be identified at this time.

  Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:53:09 PM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\020513-9063-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt + 0x7EFC0)

  
  Verification of error code: 0 x 50 (0 x 8, 0xFFFFF80006BC3FF6, 0xFFFFF80006BC3FF6, 0 x 2)
  Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: NT Kernel System &
  Bug control description: This indicates that invalid system memory was referenced.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in the Windows kernel. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver who cannot be identified at this time.

  Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:26:32 AM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012913-9110-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: dxgkrnl.sys (dxgkrnl + 0 x 2333)
  Bugcheck code: 0xD1 (0xD, 0x301A460, 0x6FD35E33, 0x1)
  Error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: DirectX Graphics Kernel
  Bug control description: This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory with a high IRQL.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration is perhaps incorrect. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

  Monday, January 28, 2013 10:35:18 PM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012813-8314-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt + 0x7EFC0)
  Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xC000001D, 0xFFFFF80002AE3305, 0xFFFFF8800DEEA090, 0x0)
  Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: NT Kernel System &
  Bug control description: This indicates that an exception happened during execution of a routine that passes from non-preferred to the privileged code code.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in the Windows kernel. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver who cannot be identified at this time.

  Saturday, January 26, 2013 4:26:54 AM GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012513-9500-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal + 0 x 5472)
  Bugcheck code: 0x1E (0x0, 0x0, 0x0 0 x 0)
  Error: "KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED"
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
  Bug control description: This indicates that a kernel-mode program generated an exception which did not catch the error handler.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration is perhaps incorrect. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

  Friday, January 25, 2013 05:35:47 GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012413-11622-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt + 0x705C0)
  Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xFFFFF80002A91846, 0xFFFFF8800CCB9600, 0xC0000096, 0x0)
  Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: NT Kernel System &
  Bug control description: This indicates that an exception happened during execution of a routine that passes from non-preferred to the privileged code code.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in the Windows kernel. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver who cannot be identified at this time.

  Wednesday, January 23, 2013 05:06:04 GMT crashed your computer
  crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\012213-9328-01.dmp
  This was probably caused by the following module: pci.sys (pci + 0x25F1)
  Bugcheck code: 0xA (0 x 4722, 0xFFFFF80002ACEF85, 0 x 2, 0 x 1)
  Error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pci.sys
  product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  company: Microsoft Corporation
  Description: NT Plug-and - Play PCI enumerator
  Bug control description: This indicates that Microsoft Windows or a driver in mode accessed kernel memory paged at DISPATCH_LEVEL level or above.
  This seems to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
  The accident took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration is perhaps incorrect. Maybe this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

  Dan you have 5 different causes there. May be an indication of Malware.
  To eliminate this possible cause, please download the free version of Malwarebytes.

  Update immediately.
  Do a full scan of the system
  Let us know the results at the end.
  
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products

• BSOD and the only file that appears is ntkrnlpa.exe when you play Metal Gear Rising

  So it's a bit complicated to explain especially because I downloaded Bluescreenview and the only file that appears is ntkrnlpa.exe and happens when I play Metal Gear Rising statement, which is a CPU intensive game, I thought it was because it was overheating and/or die but I downloaded Core Temp to monitor if my fan work and the max temp it reached is 65 degrees celsius so I can't find the problem, it happens randomly, once I could play 2 hours withouth a BSOD and the following 5 minutes, I also tried to reinstall but nothing happened, I only overclock my Gpu, my cpu is a pretty old 1.8 ghz dual core but it can still run any game well enough, I also tried the option veryfier.exe which led to my computer crash at startup , so I had to disable using safe mode, and it was down deamon tools, is my failing processor or windows give up and I need to reinstall?

  Thanks for the help, the game does not cause me a BSOD since I've updated PCI sound card drivers which I didn't at first because the site is in a mixture of Japanese and really bad English.

• Blue Screen UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP 0x1000007f ntkrnlpa.exe

  original title: BSOD with ntkrnlpa.exe tried a few driver updates but still little time to another one the BSOD

  Here's the Minidump file:

  Mini091310 - 02.dmp 13/09/2010 22:57:23 UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP 0x1000007f 0 x 00000008 0x805d3130 0x00000000 0 x 00000000 ntkrnlpa.exe ntkrnlpa.exe + 78191 NT Kernel & System Microsoft® Windows® operating system Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18267 (vistasp2_gdr.100608 - 0458) 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini091310-02.dmp 2 15 6002
  More recently when installing a new driver for my wireless smart card; Ran a mem Bios and hard disk check came back ok. Which leads me to believe it's a software; This blue screen popped up after that ride updates of vista, which was released around early August made a rear roll and everything worked fine. The blue screen would leap upward when I could connect to a wireless network; not had time to play with it so I just rolled back the update. Finally had updated the driver today and it blue screened after installation of the driver, so I am at a loss, any help would be very beneficial.

  Hello

  If you meet this new,

  http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/troubleshooting-0x7F.html

• BSOD Vista caused by Ntkrnlpa.exe Ntfs.Sys, random hal.dll, etc..

  A friend of mine gave me this computer about 2 or 3 months without a hard drive, thanks to a little research because I am not a professional of any kind, I knew that, because of the lack of a disk hard computer did not have an operating system. Having had an old computer just sitting with a 60 GB hard drive I connected on the computer I have now. After buying a new installation of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 disc, just well installed on the hard drive (which has been formatted to remove the old operating system, and all other things potentially buggy) and the computer has given new life. Following these time immediately, I downloaded and installed Microsoft security Essentials to protect my computer and a few other things to Rainmeter, steam, and that's it. Not even which in fact through the first day, however it has begun its random cycle without blue screening end who, after looking hard and troubleshooting, I've yet to find a solution for. Especially, it occurs whenever trying to read a chart highlighting / demanding the game, but also random triggers when nothing works and it's just sitting here. Ironically, I am writing this issue on the same computer in the hope I can find a fix to the Microsoft community.

  He still run Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (32-bit) and my computer is a PC of Compaq Presario SR5710Y so that you know what the material consists of.

  Here's my last 4 crashes

  Mini042815 - 04.dmp 28/04/2015-18:59:23 0x864e3aa8 0x8471ad78 0x000000e3 RESOURCE_NOT_OWNED 0x00000000 0 x 00000002 Ntfs.sys Ntfs.sys + 12012 NT File System Driver

  Mini042815 - 03.dmp 28/04/2015-18:23:07 IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000a 0 x 00000004 0x00000002 0 x 00000000 0x822d9abf ntkrnlpa.exe ntkrnlpa.exe + 4de7d NT Kernel & System

  Mini042815 - 02.dmp 28/04/2015-18:14:28 IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000a 0x006301be 0x00000002 0 x 00000001 0x822dab50 ntkrnlpa.exe ntkrnlpa.exe + 4de7d NT Kernel & System

  Mini042815 - 01.dmp 0x0000001a MEMORY_MANAGEMENT 15/04/2015-18:12:40 x 0 00005003 0xc0802000 00000197 0 x 0 x 77635101 hal.dll hal.dll + 770c Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL

  DJ

  If he continued to hang after re-installing windows, but before installing other programs, there is probably material.  I'd start with memtest

  2-Memtest. (You can learn more about running memtest here)

• Ntkrnlpa.exe repeated original BSoD problem

  Hi all

  I recently got a laptop Toshiba Satellite by a customer who complained only that he had "taken a turn for the worse. After playing with him for a few minutes, it was not long to bluescreen. What was fascinating, however, is that the system was unable to display anything on the screen when he stopped. There was a little blue at the bottom of the screen and a lot of pixels turn random colors.
  In any case, after rooting around the internet looking for what exactly ntkrnlpa.exe can do to cause a blue screen, I found a forum thread that says a rogue pilot could be the problem and that it is just to show up in the landfill as ntkrnlpa.exe. Remembering the glitches I've seen to every BSoD (except 1), I decided to download and install new graphics drivers. (The card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 3100) After that new drivers have been installed, I rebooted, launched Google Chrome, browsed Internet for a while and was greeted with an another BSoD. To be honest, I don't have never seen anything quite like this since I've been working on computers, and I'm stumped. I have this vague feeling that it may be a problem with the hardware for the following reasons:
  • The machine is from 2006-07.
  • The machine runs very hot even on a granite surface.
  • Even with the new graphics drivers, it cannot correctly display the blue screen error screen.
  Help? Thank you!
   
  EDIT: I can't get files to dump the machine since I'm working on a permissions problem, but I'll put the important information below (from BlueScreenView)

  Crash #1: Bug string control: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

  • Bug check code: 0x1000007e
  • Caused by the driver: ntkrnlpa.exe
  • Plant address: ntkrnlpa.exe + 3e598

  Crash #2: Bug Check String: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  • Bug check code: 0x0000000a
  • Caused by the driver: ntkrnlpa.exe
  • Plant address: ntkrnlpa.exe + 4df99

  Crash #3: Bug Check string: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

  • Bug check code: 0x1000007e
  • Caused by the driver: ntkrnlpa.exe
  • Plant address: ntkrnlpa.exe + 3e598

  Crash #4: Bug Check String: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

  • Bug check code: 0x1000008e
  • Caused by the driver: ntkrnlpa.exe
  • Plant address: ntkrnlpa.exe + 23ae21

  Crash #5 (this one is from a different file, but I thought I would include it in any way): Bug Check String: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

  • Bug check code: 0x0000000a
  • Caused by the driver: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\SYMEVENT. SYS
  • C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\SYMEVENT. SYS + 17289
   
   
   

  mpzeevi

  Altogether.  I suspect that it's symantec and it is much easier to remove (in most cases).  Some people are adamant about not removing it so I give the possibility of driver verifier.

  Symantec is a common cause of BSOD.  I remove and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials at LEAST FOR TESTER

  http://us.Norton.com/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docURL=20080710133834EN

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security_essentials/

• Kernel Mode Unhandled Exception caused by ntkrnlpa.exe BSOD

  Since a few weeks I had experienced the same BSOD initially upwards (to screen the user has selected and the screen of welcome and immediately after the connection.)

  Nirsoft using the blue screen view I could get this information from the .dmp

  062710-24819 - 01.dmp

  2010-06-27 18:41:52

  KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

  0x1000008E

  0xc0000005

  0x82ff9238

  0x9aeddb74

  0x00000000

  Ntkrnlpa.exe

  ntkrnlpa.exe + 1eb238NT kernel & system Microsoft® Windows® operation SystemMi

  Microsoft Corporation6.1.7600.16539 (win7_gdr.100226 - 1909) 32-bit

  
  

  C:\windows\Minidump\062710-24819-01.dmp 115 7600

  I t seems to be caused by ntkrnlpa.exe
  
  
  What's more troubling, it is that, after the recent BSOD many of the setting to my programs have been reset for example parameter System Explorer were now rest at their default value.
  
  
  Also some services have ceased to be worrying most windows error reporting and service for Microsoft Security Essentials (I restarted the services).
  
  
  I don't think it's a virus problem that I ran three antivirus with MSE scans today and they are all clean.
  If it is relevant before I was experiencing a BSOD with ticalc.sys but I uninstalled all it applications on my computer.

  For any question on Windows 7:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

  Link above is Windows 7 Forum for questions on Windows 7.

  Windows 7 questions should be directed to / stationed there.

  As you already know, you're in Vista Forums.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Blue Screen Error Code Caused by hal.dll and ntkrnlpa.exe 9F.

  original title: BSOD error Code Caused by hal.dll and ntkrnlpa.exe 9F.

  Currently, I'm having a problem on a Fujitsu T1010 with Windows Vista x 84 installed tablet. At a random time that I use my computer, I get a generic blue screen with information DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. The error code is 0x0000009F (0 x 00000003, 0x86f692e0, 0x86f692e0, 0x865a6598). BlueScreenView.exe, I see that the root causes are hal.dll + 997f and ntkrnlpa.exe + f5b28. So far, I've had 14 accidents. I run the driver verifier and the causes are hal.dll + 726c and ntkrnlpa.exe + 2ea5a7 windrvr6.sys + 0. Any help is appreciated! Thank you.

  Timothy

  Hello

  References to Vista also apply to Windows 7.
  
  Updated drivers, BIOS and software control (if any) is a good idea.

  This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

  For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
  Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
  your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
  Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
  Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

  Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
  with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

  Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
  Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
  BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - reset after each
  installation.

  Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
  presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
  in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
  necessary.

  Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW on device at the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER - manually check by model.

  Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

  How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

  If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver in the Windows updates,
  This leaves ONE of Windows updates, but it will not install the drivers who are generally older and cause
  questions. If updates offers a new driver and then hide it (right click on it) and then go look for new ones
  manually if you wish.

  How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
  http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

  Hope these helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Windows Vista starts with white screen - dwm.exe and dllhost.exe errors on the hard drive.

  original title: freezing after login! ... disk hard dwm.exe and dllhost.exe errors. As usual load screen and then nothing can be used/open to all. Occasionally start opens and closes and nothing else beyond.

  Cannot use the laptop mode safe mode with networking. Have you tried to repair registry free of bugs and using Vista install with view to repair OS repair disk, but there are a lot of people having this problem different from this problem with dwm.exe dwm.exe or versions/varieties. This is is produced immediately after the download and installation of Microsoft Updates I might add.  Please can someone help?  Thank you very much... LiZ :)

  Never use Registry Repair programs.

  They can cause more harm than good.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial140.html

  Understand the Extras in Windows Vista and Windows Update info is at the link above.

   

  Remove the Vista updates; two ways to do this:

  1. a System Restore to before the updates:

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > System Restore > restore time/choose your own date > next

  If you use Norton, disable it before using the system restore.

  If it is impossible to enter the Normal Mode, do a Safe Mode system restore:

  Press F8 at the startup/power and the list of startup options, use THE ARROW key to select Safe mode > and then press ENTER.

  System restore steps according to the info above.

  Also:

  2. click on start > right click on computer > properties > Windows updates down the lower left corner > updates installed in the lower left corner in the next window

  > then click the one that you don't want > uninstall will appear at the top > uninstall it.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  In addition, on the page where you clicked "Installed updates", click on change settings at the top left corner it

  > Change update settings in the next page of AutoUpdate to "check for updates but let me choose etc" > OK ".

  When you take a look at pending updates, you can either download/install them one at the time, namely the update causing you problems.

  > or if you do not need an individual > right-click on > UAC prompt > hide it

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Vista Ultimate does not start: c:\windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe is corrupt failed error code = 0 x 2

  All of a sudden I started my laptop and Windows does not load.  I received a message "failed to nobulate".  I searched in the help forums and found that I could create a boot CD (because the OS came preinstalled on Dell INspiron 1720 laptop computer).  I tried to perform a Startup Repair 11 times.  The repair details show:

  Boot critical file c:\windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe is corrupt failed error code = 0 x 2

  I also tried to visit the advanced repair and selecting to restore from an earlier point in time, but I relieve error that no previous points are detected.

  Help, please!  I '; ve been against a week and need back up and going.  Thank you!

  Sue

  Dell recovery options:

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

  Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from the DVD on your computer.

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=336966

  And that way if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Data recovery:

  1. slave of your hard drive in another computer and read/save your data out there.

  2. put your Hard drive in a USB hard drive case, plug it into another computer and read/save from there.

  3 Alternatively, use Knoppix Live CD to recover data:

  http://www.Knopper.NET/Knoppix/index-en.html

  Download/save the file Knoppix Live CD ISO above.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

  Download the Vista software from the link above.

  After installing above ISO burning software, right click on the Knoppix ISO file > copy the Image to a CD.

  Knoppix is not installed on your PC; use only the resources of your PC, RAM, graphics etc.

  Change the boot order in YOUR computer/laptop to the CD/DVD Drive 1^st in the boot order.

  Plug a Flash Drive/Memory Stick, BOOT with the Live CD, and you should be able to read the hard drive.

  When the desktop loads, you will see at least two drive hard icons on the desktop (one for your hard drive) and one for the USB key.

  Click on the icons of hard drive to open and to understand which drive is which.

  Click the icon for the USB drive and click on "Actions > Change the read/write mode" so you can write to disk (it is read-only by default for security reasons).

  Now to find the files you want to back up, just drag and drop them on the USB. When you're done, shut down the system and remove the USB key.

  See you soon

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I get a BSOD and crash dumps, how to fix this?

  I get a BSOD and crash dumps. The message that says is "Worker_Thread_Returned_At_Bad_IRQL". How can I find out what it means and how to fix it? I use Windows 7 on a computer with an amd processor emachines. This happens a lot lately and I'm afraid it will not work on one of these days, when it happens again.

  In fact, pretty sure I've found the problem. I had MS Security Essentials, as well as McAfee in my computer. These worked very well in my last CPU (which was Windows XP support) but apparently caused problems in this one (Windows 7). Since I eliminated a (they are both exactly the same thing anyway) I don't seem to have any problems, as well as my computer has accelerated a bit too. ;)

  Thanks for replying tho! :)

• IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD Vista

  I have a Vista computer and get the BSOD, and then stops. It happens in safe mode as well

  Here is some information I found in the dump file

  Ntkrnlpa.exe ntkrnlpa.exe + 2b83c 0x81c12000 0x81fcc000 0x003ba000 0x513a901f 08/03/2013 9:27:59 PM system Microsoft® Windows® NT Kernel operating system & 5.1.2600.6368 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.130307 - 0422) Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
  RASPPTP.sys raspptp.sys + cc84 x 0 82397000 0x823ab000 0 x 00014000 0 x 47919112 01/19/2008 1:56:34 AM Microsoft® Windows® Operating System - to - Peer Tunneling Protocol 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413 - 0852) Microsoft Corporation C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\raspptp.sys

  Tracy

  These have been associated with raspptp.sys - to-Peer Tunneling Protocol of Microsoft Corporation, but the underlying cause is Symantec I think.  I would like to remove and replace with MSE

  Symantec is a common cause of BSOD.

  
  

  I remove and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials at LEAST FOR TESTER
  http://us.Norton.com/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docURL=20080710133834EN

  Use it to Norton 360 http://Symantec.pcperformancetools.com/Norton-360-how-to-uninstall.html 

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security_essentials/

• Ntkrnlpa.exe causeing blue screen

  During startup, I get bsod I reinstalled (reformated to factory settings) family Vista premium done all THE updates and still get bsod, how can I download my minidump if you see?

  ==================================================
  Dump file: Mini111510 - 01.dmp
  Crash time: 11/15/2010 07:44:07
  Bug Check String: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
  Bug check Code: 0 x 00000050
  Parameter 1: 0xffffffd4
  Parameter 2: 0x00000000
  Parameter 3: 0x81c60d68
  Parameter 4: 0x00000000
  Caused by the driver: ntkrnlpa.exe
  Caused by the address: ntkrnlpa.exe + 9838d
  File description: NT kernel & system
  Product name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
  Company: Microsoft Corporation
  File version: 6.0.6002.18267 (vistasp2_gdr.100608 - 0458)
  Processor: 32-bit
  Computer name:
  Full path: C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini111510-01.dmp
  Number of processors: 2
  Main version: 15
  Minor Version: 6002
  ==================================================
  

  Bug Check 0 x 50: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

  http://msdn.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff559023%28VS.85%29.aspx

  BUGCHECK_STR: 0 X 50

  NOM_PROCESSUS: #.

  STACK_TEXT:
  969e926c 81c95dd4 ffffffd4 00000000 00000000 nt! MmAccessFault + 0x10a
  969e926c 81c60d68 ffffffd4 00000000 00000000 nt! KiTrap0E + 0xdc
  969e9318 81e7ed09 0001fea0 969e96a4 14 d 92138 nt! ExpGetLookasideInformation + 0xc4
  969e96c0 81c92c7a 0000002d 8163d 160 0001fea0 nt! NtQuerySystemInformation + 0x1d0d
  969e96c0 81c 91615 0000002d 8163d 160 0001fea0 nt! KiFastCallEntry + 0x12a
  969e9748 8224b75e 0000002d 8163d 160 0001fea0 nt! ZwQuerySystemInformation + 0x11
  969e9aa8 8224a9ff 00000000 00000000 969e9ac8 ksecdd! GatherRandomKey + 0x2da

  Maybe your RAM is damaged. Please download memtest86 + [1] write a new bootable CD (use a CD - RW if possible) of ISO (download and use ImgBurn [2] for this), restart your PC and scan your RAM 4-5 h to find errors. If it detects errors, replace the faulty RAM.

  André

  [1] http://www.memtest.org/download/4.10/memtest86+-4.10.iso.zip
  [2] http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

  "A programmer is just a tool that converts the caffeine in code" Deputy CLIP - http://www.winvistaside.de/