More info: I exactly get DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL STOP 0x0000001D (0x00000000, 0x00000002 , 0x00000008, 0x00000000 ) And this happens when the machine starts up. I can't log on since it is still in the process of installing new software so not everything is installed. Also any other mode (safe modes) didn't work either. I'm wondering how can I troubleshoot this to isolate where the problem is. Regards, Miguel
--- El sáb, 27/3/10, Miguel Gonzalez <miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es> escribió: De: Miguel Gonzalez <miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es> Asunto: RE: windows xp on vmware IRL less than not equal Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Fecha: sábado, 27 de marzo, 2010 09:17 Ok, I'm back on this issue. I have booted on safe mode and the system gets stuck on agp440.sys. if i disable that, then it gets stuck on mup.sys and when disabled, ndis and then after ntfs.sys. I'm assuming that the fact that I get the BSOD in that point is meaningless. I have read your article but I don't see how I can enable the verifier.exe software on a machine that doesn't boot at all. Is that possible editing any file or through the recovery console? I have a Windows XP installed manually on VMware. Can I get any driver information that would help me troubleshooting this? We need to have this to work since we need to test the unattended installation through WinPE. We install automatically other software. Thanks, Miguel -------------------- If you want to know what an IRQL is, and how to figure out what’s causing the problem read parts 1 and 2 linked here:http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2007/01/09/1005.aspx Otherwise, do as Charlie suggests – take out BartPE for the time being. CheersKen From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2010 2:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: windows xp on vmware IRL less than not equal I might have expressed myself wrong. When I talked about unattend installation I meant a Bart PE live CD which installs a fresh Windows XP unattended. I'm not talking about any virtualization of a physical machine here. Miguel --- El vie, 12/3/10, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> escribió: De: John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> Asunto: RE: windows xp on vmware IRL less than not equal Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Fecha: viernes, 12 de marzo, 2010 12:39IRQL Not Less Than Or Equal usually points to a driver or hardware issue. I had a user’s desktop which had a wireless card in it and after I pulled all the add-on cards out the blue screen issue went away and I started adding the cards one by one until it blue-screened again. Guess which card it crashed on. You got it… the wireless card.My point is, check all the drivers you have. May have to boot that vm in safe mode, but you should be able to verify all the drivers. From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: windows xp on vmware IRL less than not equal Hi, I have run an unattended installation of Windows XP on VMware server (the latest version). When it boots I get a blue screen of death IRQ lesss than not equal. Anyone had this issue? I can't find any entry on google that points me in the right direction... Thanks, Miguel ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~