Windows 8 IRQL not less or equal NDIS.SYS

yaardvaark

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Hello all: Running a 2006 vintage Compaq Presario C502CA with Celeron M440, 1.86 GHz, 1.5 GB ram. Originally came with Vista Home Basic 32bit, I installed Win8 preview in July 2012 & it ran fine without issue. Did the Win8Pro upgrade a couple weeks ago & all semms well except that when I try to establish an internet connection, it crashes & reboots [no BSOD].

Here's the CrashMe output:

System Information (local)

computer name: TERRY
windows version: Windows 8 , 6.2, build: 9200
windows dir: C:\WINDOWS
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @ 1.86GHz Intel586, level: 6
1 logical processors, active mask: 1
RAM: 1600245760 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 1944559616



Crash Dump Analysis

Crash dump directory: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

On Fri 2013-01-25 8:26:55 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\012513-15506-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ndis.sys (ndis+0x2EDF8)
Bugcheck code: 0xD1 (0x1D, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFFFFF87E35DF8)
Error: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ndis.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NDIS 6.30 driver
Bug check description: This indicates that a kernel-mode driver attempted to access pageable memory at a process IRQL that was too high.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.


Here's the LAN driver:

==================================================
Driver Name : Rtnicxp.sys
Address : 0x8DF1C000
End Address : 0x8DF2B000
Size : 0x0000f000
Load Count : 1
Index : 93
File Type : Network Driver
Description : Realtek 10/100 NDIS 5.1 Driver
Version : 6.109.530.2008
Company : Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
Product Name : Realtek 10/100 NIC Family all in one NDIS Driver
Modified Date : 2012-06-02 6:32:01 AM
Created Date : 2012-06-02 6:32:01 AM
Filename : C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\Rtnicxp.sys
File Attributes : A
Service Name : RTL8023xp
Service Display Name: @netrtl32.inf,%Rtlnicxp.Service.DispName%;Realtek 10/100 NIC Family NDIS x86 Driver
==================================================

Upon the advice of HP support, Win Defender & firewall have been disabled, no other anti-malware is installed. HP advises that the latest driver for the Realtek chip is included in Win 8Pro, so I am at a loss.

Can someone help with this?
 
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