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mm0dun

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Registered: 2015-01-12

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LINX WINDOWS 8.1 TABLET - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL (NDIS.SYS)

I also have an issue with NetSetManPro which I have installed on a Linx 10" Windows 8.1 Tablet.

All installs fine and you can setup a profile but upon clicking on the ACTIVATE button the tablet crashes with:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL (NDIS.SYS)
Any ideas please?  I have this working fine on my laptop.

Martin mm0dun

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Registered: 2005-08-06

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Re: LINX WINDOWS 8.1 TABLET - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL (NDIS.SYS)

After setting the IP addresses NetSetMan tells Windows to reinitialize the network adapter so all the settings are properly announced to the system.
The bluescreen message DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL indicates that there's some problem with a hardware driver. Because this happens at the point of a network adapter reinizialization the source of the problem is probably a faulty network adapter driver.

A web search for this problem reveals a lot of useful results:
https://www.google.com/search?q=DRIVER_ … L+ndis.sys
Please have a look to get a basic idea about the problem.

Is it a x86 or x64 system?

You can try the following things to fix the driver problem:
1. Install the latest official driver for your network adapter from the manufacturor and rebooth your system.
2. If that doesn't help, maybe there's some incompatibility with the latest driver. So instead try the original driver that came with your system (probably on a driver CD or on a special folder on your hard drive).
3. On some forums (not regarding NetSetMan) I read that people get this error when using some software that installs some additional network drivers like cFosSpeed or VirtualBox. If you do use something like this, uninstall it to see if it makes any difference.

FYI: I've deleted your second posting with the same content from the other (unrelated) thread.