BSOD after 5 minutes (AVG and Mapped Drives)
I am getting regular BSOD, 5 minutes each time I login. This started a couple mornings ago when I received a AVG Update dialog box asking for a restart. After the restart, I log into the system and BSOD. I would also receive the same BSOD in all safe modes.
BSOD: tdx.sys DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Up until then, my Windows 7 (32) install (with Free AVG) had been performing flawlessly and I was loving the OS.
Suspecting it was my Free AVG, I tried to uninstall, however the uninstall files were corrupt and unusable. I tried to repair and re-install, however the AVG exe would initiate another4 BSOD. I eventually found a AVG removable tool and completed the job.
However, even with AVG removed, I would still get BSOD after 5 minutes.
I then installed ESET Smart Security without any issues and I am still getting same BSOD. AVG has left a very bad taste in my mouth…
I then created another user account and logged in. After 5 minutes, I did not receive any errors or BSOD. This new user account ran great with no issues for several hours.
After scratching my head trying to figure out what could be different between the two user accounts, I remembered my original user account has a couple MAPPED DRIVES. I promptly removed the mapped drives and I immediately noticed that the system booted faster after logging in. I have not received a BSOD since removing my mapped drives.
As a test, I re-mapped a drive to my Buffalo Pro Duo network storage device and WHAM! BSOD after 5 minutes.
No mapped drives, no BSOD.
I have been using the Buffalo device without any issues, and the problem started after the AVG update.
Can anybody else relate to any of this?
Have a great day,
Eric