BSOD upon restart after attempting to install firewall

I tried again to install comodo firewall and actually had hope it was going to work b/c it shut down windows and was starting up and I even got to the welcome screen and then all of a sudden got the blue screen again. It stayed up and I did write down some of the info. the top part said

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
stop:0x000000D1

I don't know if that is any help. I was able to get back into safe mode and do a system restore. I checked the minidump folder and even though I changed the settings it is still empty.

Before I tried doing this I called Dell to see if I could get any technical support and the only support included in my warranty is hardware support. I was able to get it verified that all of my drivers and BIOS are up to date and they are. They recommended I proceed to contact Microsoft for advanced windows 7 support. So, I guess that will be my next step although I just checked and according to the Microsoft i would have to pay for support b/c it should be covered by the manufacturer.

I called dell back....again....and the person I talked to said it was likely a application driver error (with both firewalls) that is conflicting with some settings in windows causing the crash upon restart, but they won't help me solve it. A previous person I talked to at Dell said it was likely a faulty registry setting or something in the start files. I just don't know what to do at this point. I can take it to best buy and have their technicians look at it or I can just let it go and pretend I never tried to install a firewall in the first place.

Go to C:\Windows\Minidump
Zip up the contents of the directory, and the upload/attach the .zip file with your next post.

Have you been working the the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Adapter from Microsoft Research? There's an issue with it in your system. Please remove that device from your system before proceeding.

Quite a few errors in the MSINFO32 file - but I didn't see any BSOD's. Most of the errors are from crashes of applications that are .tmp files - usually (IME) an indication of a virus infection.

I'd suggest scanning for viruses as the first step

usasma said:

Go to C:\Windows\Minidump
Zip up the contents of the directory, and the upload/attach the .zip file with your next post.

Have you been working the the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Adapter from Microsoft Research? There's an issue with it in your system. Please remove that device from your system before proceeding.

Quite a few errors in the MSINFO32 file - but I didn't see any BSOD's. Most of the errors are from crashes of applications that are .tmp files - usually (IME) an indication of a virus infection.

I'd suggest scanning for viruses as the first step

This computer is brand new. I have only had for 6 days and have had an anti-virus on it since first connecting to the internet. It has a real time scanner and I have also run a full system scan and have found no infections. I attached the virus scan report from 2 days ago. ETA...I also just uploaded the virus scan report that I just ran this morning.

If you look down from 11/1 - 11/6 there are several bsod listed in that file. I bought and set up the computer on 10/31 and I see there are several errors reported for that day and since. I don't know why there are so many error reports on a new computer. But the bsod reports are there if you look further down. When I first was setting it up I had explorer.exe crash and restart several times but other than that and the bsod when trying to install a firewall i have had no errors pop up on screen despite all the ones listed in the error reporting.

I have not done anything with the microsoft virtual wifi adapter, but have been getting an error message from that since I first set up the computer. I do not know what it is, or how to remove it.

I have had about 6 bsod...all resulting on startup after trying to install a firewall. I have tried to copy the minidump files as stated above but it won't let me zip the folder b/c it says it is empty. I have followed the directions to make sure the computer is set to create minidumps and tried installing a firewall again to recreate the bsod but it is still empty.

I am following up on this thread. Other than the bsod when I try to install a 3rd party firewall everything is running smoothly with this new computer. I tried installing yet another one today and had the same problem.

Still no reports in the minidump file even though it is set to log them.

From what I have been reading I think I am having some kind of conflict with the 3rd party kernel drivers these firewalls are trying to install. Why I am having this problem.....I do not know....nor do I know how to fix it.

I have successfully been using windows 7 firewall control plus, which does not install any 3rd party kernel drivers, without any problems. So, I guess I will stick with that unless I can figure out why I am having conflicts with the 3rd party kernel drivers and how to resolve those problems.