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Driver Verifier - BSOD related - Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 & Vista

Started by jcgriff2 , May 15 2015 11:19 PM

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#1 jcgriff2

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 11:19 PM

DRIVER VERIFIER

If your BSODs are software related, Driver Verifier can help by subjecting 3rd party drivers to a variety of stresses and tests to find improper behavior. Driver Verifier monitors selected 3rd party kernel-mode drivers to detect illegal function calls or actions that might corrupt the system.

If Driver Verifier detects a violation, it will flag (disable) the offending driver and force a BSOD. The additional info added to the memory dump file will hopefully yield clues.

1. Create a Windows System Restore Point -
Vista - START | type rstrui - create a restore point
Windows 10 & 7 - START | type create | select "Create a Restore Point"
Windows 8/ 8.1 - Swipe mouse top-right of screen to bring up Charms |click on "Search" | type create | select "Create a Restore Point"

2. Run Driver Verifier -
- Windows 10, 7 & Vista - START | type verifier
- Windows 8.1 & 8 - Press WIN +X keys | select "Command Prompt (Admin)" | type verifier

Make these selections -
1. Select 2nd option - "Create custom settings (for code developers)"
2. Select 2nd option - "Select individual settings from a full list"
3. Check these boxes -

Special Pool
Force IRQL checking
Pool Tracking
Deadlock Detection
Security Checks (new as of Windows 7)
Miscellaneous Checks
Power framework delay fuzzing (new as of Windows 8)
DDI compliance checking (new as of Windows 8)

4. Select last option - "Select driver names from a list"
5. Click on the Provider heading - sorts list by Provider
6. Check ALL boxes where "Microsoft" IS NOT the Provider
7. Click on Finish
8. Re-boot

If you are unable to boot into normal Windows after VERIFIER_ENABLED BSOD -

Spoiler

To check Driver Verifier status -

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To VERIFY Driver Verifier SETTINGS -

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- Driver Verifier needs to run for 24 hours minimum - even if the status screen appears clear.

If a VERIFIER_ENABLED BSOD occurs, please get the dump file from c:\windows\minidump, zip it up & attach to your next post.

Additional info from Windows Dev Center -

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Regards. . .

jcgriff2

Edited by jcgriff2, 18 May 2015 - 04:48 PM.

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