Re: WinXP System Verification Error in STREAM.SYS WDM driver error 23b

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:55:20 -0800, Rock <> wrote:
> Could be video card related. Good luck.

Hi Rock,
Apparently it's audio & video related based on this MS article
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...dmaud-drv.mspx
which refers to this Microsoft WDM document
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
which is titled "Getting Started with WDM Audio Drivers".

From this, we see WDM stands for Windows Driver Model and "stream.sys"
is used for "kernel streaming" in non Windows XP systems (see the MS
article titled "Non-PCM Wave Formats and WDM Audio Drivers" at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/Non-PCM.mspx
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc

Specifically, Microsoft says, for non WinXP systems, "the Stream class
system driver (stream.sys) provides general streaming support for
audio and video devices.".

However, for Windows XP and later, Microsoft says "Stream has been
superseded by AVStream. Microsoft currently supports Stream on an
as-is basis for the benefit of existing Stream class minidrivers."

Hmmmmmmmm..... I wonder if this means instead of replacing the
stream.sys with a later driver, that maybe I should just delete it
since I'm on Windows XP and since Windows XP doesn't seem to need it
according to this document.

Maybe deletion is the solution here???
How does one eliminate a device driver such as stream.sys?

Do we just delete it and hope for the best?
Or is there a more proper way to eliminate device drivers?

Stream.sys is just a library for some vendor-specific driver. If that driver
misbehaves, stream.sys may well crash, but the blame is on a vendor-specific
driver.

"Ciccio" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:55:20 -0800, Rock <> wrote:
>> Could be video card related. Good luck.
>
> Hi Rock,
> Apparently it's audio & video related based on this MS article
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...dmaud-drv.mspx
> which refers to this Microsoft WDM document
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
> which is titled "Getting Started with WDM Audio Drivers".
>
> From this, we see WDM stands for Windows Driver Model and "stream.sys"
> is used for "kernel streaming" in non Windows XP systems (see the MS
> article titled "Non-PCM Wave Formats and WDM Audio Drivers" at
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/Non-PCM.mspx
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
>
> Specifically, Microsoft says, for non WinXP systems, "the Stream class
> system driver (stream.sys) provides general streaming support for
> audio and video devices.".
>
> However, for Windows XP and later, Microsoft says "Stream has been
> superseded by AVStream. Microsoft currently supports Stream on an
> as-is basis for the benefit of existing Stream class minidrivers."
>
> Hmmmmmmmm..... I wonder if this means instead of replacing the
> stream.sys with a later driver, that maybe I should just delete it
> since I'm on Windows XP and since Windows XP doesn't seem to need it
> according to this document.
>
> Maybe deletion is the solution here???
> How does one eliminate a device driver such as stream.sys?
>
> Do we just delete it and hope for the best?
> Or is there a more proper way to eliminate device drivers?

Ciccio wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:55:20 -0800, Rock <> wrote:
>
>>Could be video card related. Good luck.
>
>
> Hi Rock,
> Apparently it's audio & video related based on this MS article
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...dmaud-drv.mspx
> which refers to this Microsoft WDM document
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
> which is titled "Getting Started with WDM Audio Drivers".
>
> From this, we see WDM stands for Windows Driver Model and "stream.sys"
> is used for "kernel streaming" in non Windows XP systems (see the MS
> article titled "Non-PCM Wave Formats and WDM Audio Drivers" at
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/Non-PCM.mspx
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
>
> Specifically, Microsoft says, for non WinXP systems, "the Stream class
> system driver (stream.sys) provides general streaming support for
> audio and video devices.".
>
> However, for Windows XP and later, Microsoft says "Stream has been
> superseded by AVStream. Microsoft currently supports Stream on an
> as-is basis for the benefit of existing Stream class minidrivers."
>
> Hmmmmmmmm..... I wonder if this means instead of replacing the
> stream.sys with a later driver, that maybe I should just delete it
> since I'm on Windows XP and since Windows XP doesn't seem to need it
> according to this document.
>
> Maybe deletion is the solution here???
> How does one eliminate a device driver such as stream.sys?
>
> Do we just delete it and hope for the best?
> Or is there a more proper way to eliminate device drivers?

Make a restore point, rename the driver, see if that helps.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Ciccio wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:55:20 -0800, Rock <> wrote:
>
>>Could be video card related. Good luck.
>
>
> Hi Rock,
> Apparently it's audio & video related based on this MS article
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...dmaud-drv.mspx
> which refers to this Microsoft WDM document
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
> which is titled "Getting Started with WDM Audio Drivers".
>
> From this, we see WDM stands for Windows Driver Model and "stream.sys"
> is used for "kernel streaming" in non Windows XP systems (see the MS
> article titled "Non-PCM Wave Formats and WDM Audio Drivers" at
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/Non-PCM.mspx
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...wdmaud-drv.doc
>
> Specifically, Microsoft says, for non WinXP systems, "the Stream class
> system driver (stream.sys) provides general streaming support for
> audio and video devices.".
>
> However, for Windows XP and later, Microsoft says "Stream has been
> superseded by AVStream. Microsoft currently supports Stream on an
> as-is basis for the benefit of existing Stream class minidrivers."
>
> Hmmmmmmmm..... I wonder if this means instead of replacing the
> stream.sys with a later driver, that maybe I should just delete it
> since I'm on Windows XP and since Windows XP doesn't seem to need it
> according to this document.
>
> Maybe deletion is the solution here???
> How does one eliminate a device driver such as stream.sys?
>
> Do we just delete it and hope for the best?
> Or is there a more proper way to eliminate device drivers?

I would also make sure you have an image to restore if something goes
wrong. If you need more info on this post back.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Ciccio wrote:
>
> Maybe deletion is the solution here???
> How does one eliminate a device driver such as stream.sys?
>
> Do we just delete it and hope for the best?
> Or is there a more proper way to eliminate device drivers?


Just rename it and see what happens. Test it for about a week.