Solved BSOD at Boot.

[richc46]

I saw your post in Security and have further information for you.
The procedure for BSOD is to list all drivers older than a certain date. If there a no newer ones , you may keep the one that you have. If a particular driver was listed as the problem, that should be updated or at least changed, since it may be corrupted.
I found nothing in your report that would require a purchase.

 

[Lorien]

I did change the specific driver through Dell, although I'm not certain it was updated - I mean, that it was any different (though it has an 06 modification date but an 09 create date - and I'm not sure how that could be but that's what it says). Anyway, that happens to be the only driver I could find using the above link and the one that wanted $30 for it - which I don't intend to pay.

This machine is 4 years old and originally had XP on it but was certified for Vista and has worked fine until this one incident. Most of those listed as old, I rarely if ever use (and some may even be totally unneeded and I'll confirm and delete those - some I think are for a flash drive no longer in service). The ones in the "report" by that other company include several I do use frequently - but I can't find updates anywhere I feel safe using (and the devices are working just fine).

I think I'll just hope the update I did do resolved that one problem and see how things go.

I appreciate the response - thanks for your help once again.

 

[richc46]

To play it safe. You can just rename those drivers from .exe to .bup. Then if needed you still have them.