The crashes seem to have stopped since I disabled my antivirus and Fingerprint reader driver. If the machine starts crashing again, should I use this thread or create a new one? Thanks for your help.

By going to device manager and hitting disable.

i have disabled my fingerprint reader driver. It now gives me an error when trying to uninstall system mechanic, saying the uninstall file is missing. it did not do this before

Yes. But I will have to do it tomorrow. I have a very important paper due tomorrow that I have to finish tonight, and I can't risk getting locked out of my computer tonight.

I appreciate your help...

I was successfully able to update my fingerprint reader driver. My problem now is uninstalling System Mechanic.

When I tried to uninstall it, it prompted me to restart my computer to complete the...

Well, after uninstalling my antivirus my computer prompted me that a restart would be needed to complete the uninstall. When I restarted, it crashed again! FPwinlo.sys

My apologies for the delay in replying. I have been busy with college. I updated my fingerprint reader driver, and I reluctantly uninstalled my antivirus. I would appreciate an explanation as to how...

What do you mean by protection software? Like, as in my antivirus? I use iolo System Mechanic.

And, yes, I do have a fingerprint reader.

Hello all. I have begun receiving several BSOD's including IRQL_DRIVER_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, to FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. I have done some digging on the Ten forums, and after having done some...