Bad Pool Caller -BSOD

[hooverkeymatic]

Hello!

I have just installed Windows 7 Home Premium on my Toshiba L300D laptop. Windows 7 is great, however if i just click 'Shut Down' it will BSOD and restart. I have to log off and then shut down. Sometimes, but more rarely, it does it when it wakes up from Stand-By. I can put up with it, but sometimes it can be slightly annoying! The BSOD says Bad_Pool_Caller and the action center says it is something to do with 'USB'. I don't know what to remove!

Any help would be great!

Thanks!

 

[retro-man]

Well a USB is a port on the computer for inserting devices such as your printer, auxilliary drive, flash drives, etc. Is there something plugged in such as your printer that may need new updates from the new program you installed? Check anything that you have plugged into a USB port and see if it needs updates. You could also unplug all devices and see if that makes a difference, then start plugging in one at a time to find the culprit. Hope this helps.
Jon

 

[rp2813]

I'm still running XP and am happy with it. I know that no matter what, installing 7 will end up providing me with some annoying issues. It's just the way it is with anything Microsoft does.

See what happens if you disconnect your printer. I had a Brother "all in one" printer that would not allow my laptop to shut down or go to sleep. I would have to push and hold the power button to shut down, and that ended up wrecking my hard drive to the tune of $400. As soon as I unplugged that printer from the USB, I had no problem.

 

[hooverkeymatic]

We have an Epson Printer but nothing is permantly plugged in. I mainly use my memory sticks.

 

[danemodsandy]

It's Not You:

This is a poroblem with Windows 7, I think; see the link below.

This is why I don't upgrade OS's very often, and when I do, it's to one with a track record of reliability. I only stepped up to XP from 98 two years ago. Microsoft's tendency to release problematic OS's creates problems I cannot afford to encounter:

Microsoft Windows 7 problem 'could affect millions'

Microsoft has been investigating reports that some computers running Windows 7 crash as soon as the user logs on

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[panthera]

I hate to say this,

but there's a reason no business puts new Microsoft operating systems into their production environment until after the first service pack, at the earliest. The really paranoid (like me) don't ramp them up until circumstances for a change over.

Sandy is right, this seems to be a common problem right at the moment and I suspect there will soon be a solution. Until then, you can try to narrow it down yourself or sending Microsoft the information from the BSOD memory dump.

If it's even getting that far...

Good luck, and, if you don't absolutely have to, I'd go back to either Windows XP SP3 or Vista SP2 until the first SP for Windows 7. Let others be the guinea pigs.

 

[jaxsunst]

or........

Get a Mac and free yourself from Windows

 

[rp2813]

Get a Mac

That's what I intend to do for my next computer. Microsoft has a legacy of sloppy work, and all of their machines are vulnerable to viral infection. Not so for Macs. The PC was born at Apple. Apple knows what it's doing. Microsoft has done nothing but try to copy Apple with an inferior OS ever since. Plus, I'd be pumping money back into my own state's and county's economy by going with a Mac next time.

I can understand that anyone with Vista would be anxious to dump it, but it is definitely a good idea to wait and see how 7 shakes down before purchasing it.

 

[brianl]

NO MACS!!

I'm sorry, but this has always been a religious war between my partner and I. He is Mac and I am die-hard PC. I feel Apple is very dictator like and I for one am glad my iPhone is now a nice Microsoft like device. (Using the forbidden methods to run away from At&t & Apple, the 2 bad AA's lol. Let me finish off by saying I know everyone has their own preference, and that neither Microsoft or Apple can seem to get it right. (I just feel Apple is even worse )

 

[rp2813]

I agree that Apple is a bit too proprietary, but those "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads they've been running on TV for a while are not by any means stretching the truth regarding the inferiority of Microsoft's technology.

I couldn't give a rat's ass about i-phones and I know they have their problems and limitations, but I'm not a cell phone kind of person so it makes no difference to me.

For me it's not an elitist thing, it's about Microsoft's slopppy development and execution and their consistent failure to work out the kinks before launching a new OS. Just take care of it with service packs after the fact. No thanks. It's the same as back when VHS ultimately won out over Beta, even though Beta was the far superior system. The lowest common denominator approach to technology and manufacturing has never set well with me.