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  • Dark_Eden
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    13 posts since Oct '06
    • 11 May `08, 5:40PM

      i have a compaq laptop, model is F576AU , is always having blue screen of death when quicktime is installed. The blue screen came on random, and the error msg is: IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL.  I am sure the culprit is quicktime, as after uninstalling quicktime, the BSOD is gone. I am running vista btw.  I already installed the latest version of quicktime, but still the same. My friend who is also using compaq laptop, but with XP , dont have this prob. Y is this so?

      Edited by Dark_Eden 11 May `08, 5:41PM
  • wishboy
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    1,159 posts since Aug '05
    • 11 May `08, 9:05PM

      my one is compaq PC, vista home basic, with quicktime installed but nv BSOD
      only problem is quicktime takes very very long to start up as compared to WMP

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    ndmmxiaomayi
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    • 18 May `08, 1:56AM

      I don't think Quicktime use any drivers, which is a cause for nearly all BSODs.

      Do you have other multimedia players installed?

      Also note that Compaq comes with a lot of other crap software installed, including multimedia players. Those can cause trouble as they have their own codecs (which works a little like drivers) and can be a headache to solve.

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