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by mackem

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Using explorer in Win NT 4.0 I can view the properties of any of my folders, but if I try to view the properties of my drives I get a blue screen of death with a stop message.
The message reads STOP 0x0000000a
IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Address 8001442 has base at 80010000 - hal.dll
Does anyone know how to correct this problem without doing a re-instal. I have applied service pack 6a.

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by top_banana

These errors are usually fixed by re-applying the service pack.
If you'v already tried that, I suggest first of all replacing the DLL you mentioned (HAL.DLL - Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL).
There are many dll libraries available on the web whereyou can download a specific DLL, but if you're unable to do this, you can repair the system files by creating an NT boot disk set and selecting the repair function.
You will then need to re-apply your service pack, which should hopefully cure the problem.

Please let us know how you get on.

by mackem

Thanks for the advice but I have already been through this process a few times, but the problem persists.

by estebandelatorre

MAny of this strange problems can be solved by reinstalling SP's but... not allways!
Make an rdisk
Boot from your WIN NT CD and select REPAIR current instalation. This process will inspect the registry for invalid entries (Norton can do it too) and will replace some files to your s.o. and will put you back to a mix of base release and SP6.
Look if the error persist. If yes, sooorry!!
If not, re install sp6a

Good luck
edt@bancobgn.com

by mackem

Thanks for advice, but this was one of my first attempts to put it right.

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