System not starting and crashing

Running Windows Vista home premium 64 bit service pack 2 with 4 GB
memory (Ram).

Am having problems with the wife's box and hopefully someone here can
help. There may be more then one problem here.

Occassionaly the system does not want to start and then also on
occassion other then when it does not want to start a blue screen pops
up with the following message:

**************************

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

Multiple_IRP_complete_requests

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart
system. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.

If problems persist, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options and then
select safe mode.

Technical Info:
Stop:0x00000044
(0xfffffa8005a8dd10, 0x0000000000000e7a, 0x0000000000000000,
0x0000000000000000)

Collecting data for crash dump….
Initializing disk for crash dump….
Beginning dump of physical memory….
Dumping physical memory to disk: 100
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact yor system administrator or tech supportgroup for further
assistance.

**************************

The box is less then a year old and purchased at Best Buy and still
under warranty but every time I take it there they "Can not find
anything wrong" according to the repairman. I have had it in 4 times
now with same results.

This last time the person that looked at it when I took it in said
according to some programs she ran that is part of Vista said it
showed an unexpected shutdown while she was starting it and that she
thought it was the power supply but the repairman said could see
nothing wrong. Maybe when it is out of warranty they will find what
is wrong!!

Anyways I took it back home and started it and it ran at first then
the blue screen with the above error message popped up even though
"Nothing was wrong" according to Best Buy. It took them a week and a
half to decide that!!

Any suggestion or ideas as to what might be wrong?

TIA

This from the NET
The MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS error (0x44) means that a driver has
requested that an IRP be completed (IoCompleteRequest()), but the packet has
already been completed. It can be attributed to either of two things:

a. A driver actually attempted to complete its own packet twice. That would
be the easiest case, but unfortunately it is generally not what happened.

b. Two separate drivers each believe that they own the packet, and each
attempts to complete it. The first actually works, and the second fails.
This is by far the most common case, making the troubleshooting of error
0x44 a really tough bug to find. Tracking down which drivers in the system
actually did this is difficult, generally because the trails of the first
driver have been covered by the second.

Since it is not necessary that the drivers themselves are problematic, then
if everything is ok in the Device Manager (hidden devices included), I
believe it is unavoidable (read: imperative) to start from a bare-bones pc
configuration and start building up, until a point is reached where the
inclusion of a specific device makes the 0x44 error re-appear. This will
reveal the culprit. As a matter of fact, it is not certain that the behavior
will be reproduced for sure - simply rebuilding the pc from a smoothly
operating bare-bones configuration up, can lead to a stable coexistence of
drivers and devices (hopefully...).

Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc, press OK. Select View menu > Show
hidden devices. Look for anything that has a yellow question or exclamation
mark and post back what you found. Also, post back what the Device Manager
says for your Video Adapter.


courtesy of Zazula of Techsupport forum


peter


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Running Windows Vista home premium 64 bit service pack 2 with 4 GB
memory (Ram).

Am having problems with the wife's box and hopefully someone here can
help. There may be more then one problem here.

Occassionaly the system does not want to start and then also on
occassion other then when it does not want to start a blue screen pops
up with the following message:

**************************

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

Multiple_IRP_complete_requests

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart
system. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.

If problems persist, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options and then
select safe mode.

Technical Info:
Stop:0x00000044
(0xfffffa8005a8dd10, 0x0000000000000e7a, 0x0000000000000000,
0x0000000000000000)

Collecting data for crash dump….
Initializing disk for crash dump….
Beginning dump of physical memory….
Dumping physical memory to disk: 100
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact yor system administrator or tech supportgroup for further
assistance.

**************************

The box is less then a year old and purchased at Best Buy and still
under warranty but every time I take it there they "Can not find
anything wrong" according to the repairman. I have had it in 4 times
now with same results.

This last time the person that looked at it when I took it in said
according to some programs she ran that is part of Vista said it
showed an unexpected shutdown while she was starting it and that she
thought it was the power supply but the repairman said could see
nothing wrong. Maybe when it is out of warranty they will find what
is wrong!!

Anyways I took it back home and started it and it ran at first then
the blue screen with the above error message popped up even though
"Nothing was wrong" according to Best Buy. It took them a week and a
half to decide that!!

Any suggestion or ideas as to what might be wrong?

TIA

Remove 1GB or 2GB of RAM if possible. Windows Vista is not starting with >= 4GB after SP2.



> On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:54 PM kraut385 wrote:

> Running Windows Vista home premium 64 bit service pack 2 with 4 GB
> memory (Ram).
>
> Am having problems with the wife's box and hopefully someone here can
> help. There may be more then one problem here.
>
> Occassionaly the system does not want to start and then also on
> occassion other then when it does not want to start a blue screen pops
> up with the following message:
>
> **************************
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage to your computer.
>
> Multiple_IRP_complete_requests
>
> If this is the first time you have seen this stop error screen, restart
> system. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
>
> Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
>
> If problems persist, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
> software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
> If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
> your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options and then
> select safe mode.
>
> Technical Info:
> Stop:0x00000044
> (0xfffffa8005a8dd10, 0x0000000000000e7a, 0x0000000000000000,
> 0x0000000000000000)
>
> Collecting data for crash dump?.
> Initializing disk for crash dump?.
> Beginning dump of physical memory?.
> Dumping physical memory to disk: 100
> Physical memory dump complete.
> Contact yor system administrator or tech supportgroup for further
> assistance.
>
> **************************
>
> The box is less then a year old and purchased at Best Buy and still
> under warranty but every time I take it there they "Can not find
> anything wrong" according to the repairman. I have had it in 4 times
> now with same results.
>
> This last time the person that looked at it when I took it in said
> according to some programs she ran that is part of Vista said it
> showed an unexpected shutdown while she was starting it and that she
> thought it was the power supply but the repairman said could see
> nothing wrong. Maybe when it is out of warranty they will find what
> is wrong!!
>
> Anyways I took it back home and started it and it ran at first then
> the blue screen with the above error message popped up even though
> "Nothing was wrong" according to Best Buy. It took them a week and a
> half to decide that!!
>
> Any suggestion or ideas as to what might be wrong?
>
> TIA


>> On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:29 PM peter wrote:

>> This from the NET
>> The MULTIPLE_IRP_COMPLETE_REQUESTS error (0x44) means that a driver has
>> requested that an IRP be completed (IoCompleteRequest()), but the packet has
>> already been completed. It can be attributed to either of two things:
>>
>> a. A driver actually attempted to complete its own packet twice. That would
>> be the easiest case, but unfortunately it is generally not what happened.
>>
>> b. Two separate drivers each believe that they own the packet, and each
>> attempts to complete it. The first actually works, and the second fails.
>> This is by far the most common case, making the troubleshooting of error
>> 0x44 a really tough bug to find. Tracking down which drivers in the system
>> actually did this is difficult, generally because the trails of the first
>> driver have been covered by the second.
>>
>> Since it is not necessary that the drivers themselves are problematic, then
>> if everything is ok in the Device Manager (hidden devices included), I
>> believe it is unavoidable (read: imperative) to start from a bare-bones pc
>> configuration and start building up, until a point is reached where the
>> inclusion of a specific device makes the 0x44 error re-appear. This will
>> reveal the culprit. As a matter of fact, it is not certain that the behavior
>> will be reproduced for sure - simply rebuilding the pc from a smoothly
>> operating bare-bones configuration up, can lead to a stable coexistence of
>> drivers and devices (hopefully...).
>>
>> Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc, press OK. Select View menu > Show
>> hidden devices. Look for anything that has a yellow question or exclamation
>> mark and post back what you found. Also, post back what the Device Manager
>> says for your Video Adapter.
>>
>>
>> courtesy of Zazula of Techsupport forum
>>
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>> If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or
>> disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting
>> complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)
>>
>>
>> Running Windows Vista home premium 64 bit service pack 2 with 4 GB
>> memory (Ram).
>>
>> Am having problems with the wife's box and hopefully someone here can
>> help. There may be more then one problem here.
>>
>> Occassionaly the system does not want to start and then also on
>> occassion other then when it does not want to start a blue screen pops
>> up with the following message:
>>
>> **************************
>>
>> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
>> damage to your computer.
>>
>> Multiple_IRP_complete_requests
>>
>> If this is the first time you have seen this stop error screen, restart
>> system. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
>>
>> Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
>>
>> If problems persist, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
>> software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
>> If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
>> your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options and then
>> select safe mode.
>>
>> Technical Info:
>> Stop:0x00000044
>> (0xfffffa8005a8dd10, 0x0000000000000e7a, 0x0000000000000000,
>> 0x0000000000000000)
>>
>> Collecting data for crash dump???.
>> Initializing disk for crash dump???.
>> Beginning dump of physical memory???.
>> Dumping physical memory to disk: 100
>> Physical memory dump complete.
>> Contact yor system administrator or tech supportgroup for further
>> assistance.
>>
>> **************************
>>
>> The box is less then a year old and purchased at Best Buy and still
>> under warranty but every time I take it there they "Can not find
>> anything wrong" according to the repairman. I have had it in 4 times
>> now with same results.
>>
>> This last time the person that looked at it when I took it in said
>> according to some programs she ran that is part of Vista said it
>> showed an unexpected shutdown while she was starting it and that she
>> thought it was the power supply but the repairman said could see
>> nothing wrong. Maybe when it is out of warranty they will find what
>> is wrong!!
>>
>> Anyways I took it back home and started it and it ran at first then
>> the blue screen with the above error message popped up even though
>> "Nothing was wrong" according to Best Buy. It took them a week and a
>> half to decide that!!
>>
>> Any suggestion or ideas as to what might be wrong?
>>
>> TIA


>>> On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:59 PM kraut385 wrote:

>>> Will check it out.
>>>
>>> Thanks


>>>> On Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:03 PM kraut wrote:

>>>> Would upgrading it to Windows 7 (Not fresh install) straighten the
>>>> problem out you think??
>>>>
>>>> TIA


>>>>> On Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:49 PM peter wrote:

>>>>> Did you look at all of the devices??
>>>>> It seems this error is caused by 2 drivers trying to start the same piece of
>>>>> hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vista and W7 are pretty close an upgrade might or might not solve your
>>>>> problem since
>>>>> some Vista drivers work under W7.
>>>>> A complete reformat with a fresh new install most likely would solve the
>>>>> problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Having never had this problem and just reading the post I send to you I
>>>>> would look
>>>>> at uninstalling the driver for each device one at a time and rebooting
>>>>> between uninstall
>>>>> to let Vista detect and find new drivers for device.
>>>>> But then I am guessing in a logical fashion.
>>>>>
>>>>> sorry I cant be more help
>>>>> peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or
>>>>> disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting
>>>>> complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Would upgrading it to Windows 7 (Not fresh install) straighten the
>>>>> problem out you think??
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA


>>>>>> On Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:53 AM kraut wrote:

>>>>>> I did but I know about running programs and not about fixing operating
>>>>>> systems. That is why I have taken it in to be fixed 4 or five times
>>>>>> now and if the experts can not find what is wrong someone like me that
>>>>>> know zip about it sure will not let along uninstalling and installing
>>>>>> things at random. I am serious thinking about getting a new system
>>>>>> and junking the thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the suggestions. Next time it goes down I will give the
>>>>>> repairperson a printout of what has been said here and see what they
>>>>>> say.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again.


>>>>>>> On Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:54 AM Spudnick wrote:

>>>>>>> I had the same issue. look at the thread Vista will not reboot-Restarts. I told
>>>>>>> OP what I had to do to get my Vista Home Premium to boot again. what was
>>>>>>> weird is I had not had one single issue and the laptop was a little under 6
>>>>>>> months old. and even funnier is I did the recovery/restore and brought it
>>>>>>> back to the exact same as when I walked out of best buy and I have not had 1
>>>>>>> single issue since.
>>>>>>> but I lost about 200 gigs of music, guitar info, movies,pics etc.etc. The
>>>>>>> option to be able to save your documents,files,programs etc. has a bug of
>>>>>>> some sort and after the multiple hour wait for all the files to be processed
>>>>>>> an burnt on DVD the computer said it had some fatal issue attempting to
>>>>>>> restore all my files so I basically wanted a lot of time and still ended up
>>>>>>> loosing 1000's of files and about $1000 worth of music recording software
>>>>>>> and accessories.
>>>>>>> If you do have to restore/recover I would find a something else to organize
>>>>>>> and save your file so you can use them once the computer is running again.


>>>>>>>> On Saturday, December 04, 2010 11:46 AM Husain Asgerally wrote:

>>>>>>>> Dear Peter,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am having the same problem as Kraut385,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and after starting my computer back on safe mode, i did as you said;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc, press OK. Select View menu > Show
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hidden devices. Look for anything that has a yellow question or exclamation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mark and post back what you found.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The 2 with the exclamation mark are under Non- Plug and Play Drvers- Security Processor Loader Driver
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sptd
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could you please let me know what this means and what I can do to get rid of this problem, as I had not backed up the Windows 7 operating system or any of my data on the computer, and therefore can not format the computer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Husain