0x000000D1 (psched.sys) on a cold boot

Hello,

I get the title error when switching on my computer. This BSOD appears just when windows put some stuff in the taskbar (after the loging in window).

It happens usually twice in a row. The 3rd boot is most of the time ok and I never get this BSOD when using my computer.

I tried to find the minidump stuff, but I couldn't find any on my computer :/.

Any help is welcome.

whats the title error?

Oups I guess I wasn't clear enough .

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

0x000000D1 in psched.sys

The code after 0x000000D1 changes everytime.

If you need more info, just tell me .

heres a site that has had the same problem, they answer your question (at least I think they do) see if this helps any and get back to me asap.

Error thing

Thanks for the reply but the link you provided is very generic.

I'd hope someone could point me to the bad driver in question or any related issue.

Welcome to DAL! You were quite clear in your title

See if you can find more apps e.g. psched.sys. You say this changes each time?

Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously? Any new hardware and or software?

0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

The system attempted to access pageable memory using a kernel process IRQL that was too high. The most typical cause is a bad device driver (one that uses improper addresses). It can also be caused by caused by faulty or mismatched RAM, or a damaged pagefile.


Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

Also view your Error Log via:
[1] Start Menu
[2] Help and Support
[3] Pick a Task
[4] Tools
[5] Advanced System Information
[6] View the Error Log

If you want to try and analyze the XP errors:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your .dmp files.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.

Thanks for the warm welcome .

To answer all your questions :

It happened very recently, like 5 days ago. I didn't change nor install anything in the mean time. It only happens on a cold boot. When the computer starts up correctly (after 2 or 3 reboot) it runs smoothly.

After the 0x000000D1 theres ( ) with several others hex values inside. Each time they seem to change, but it's always 0x000000D1 in psched.sys.

Concerning the .dmp files, I don't have any on my computer at all (don't how to get them, maybe because the computer crashes before windows starts up completely ?).

In the event viewer, I got 2 X :

1)
Source : Service Control Manager
Event ID : 7000
Description : The FILESpy service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

2)
Source : Service Control Manager
Event ID : 7000
Description : The REGSpy service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

If that can help you .

psched.sys is a legitimate XP file:

MS QoS Packet Scheduler. PSched

Do you know these programs:

REGSpy

FILESpy

?

You might want to first try a System Restore to a date prior to the problem.

If you do not know the above programs you might want to uninstall.

I don't know those 2. Ah, just found they are part of bitdefender 9 (an antivirus). I did uninstall it though, weird.

Trying to remove the enreg from the registry and will let you know.

Just to let you know, I rebooted after having deleted some registry concerning REGspy and FileSpy. I get no X anymore. I will let you know tomorrow if my cold boot is fixed or not .