

Resolving stop (blue screen) errors in Windows 7 - has a section for if you can or can't Translate the Windows 7 methods and use them on Windows 8/8.1.

Win Key + D calls the desktop and the using Note using Win Key + X and Win Key + W (to get to Control Panel, Run, and SettingsĪs needed). Use Windows Defender which in Windows 8/8.1 is a full antvirus. Uninstall QuickHeal and then run its maker's removal tool to prevent trouble causing remnants. And with the separate device makers for updates And check with the actual device makerįor even newer driver versions or if using a separate network device.Īlso check with the System/Motherboard Maker for updates to the BIOS, low level chipsetĭrivers, and the on-board device drivers. With the System Maker's Support (Motherboard Maker for custom systems), on-line drivers,Īnd ask in their forum (if any) about known issues.
#Error driver irql not less or equal windows 8.1 drivers#
The most common CAUSE are the network drivers in use and/or a 3rd party antivirus. NETIO.sys is a Windows component so the error means that something drove it into Fault. Windows Defender (enable after removing QuickHeal). Please remove and replace QuickHeal with Windows 8's built-in Windows Defender as it's known to cause corruption and conflicts:

3rd party antivirus or firewall software causing NETBIOS conflicts. Network drivers themselves need to be updated.Ģ. This is not the true cause of the crash, and usually when we have network related crashes like this, it's caused by one of two things:ġ. This bug check is usually caused by drivers that have used improper addresses.īy default, the fault of the crashes is NETIO.sys which is the Network I/O Subsystem. This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.Ī driver tried to access an address that is pageable (or that is completely invalid) while the IRQL was too high. All of the attached DMP files are of the DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) bug check.
