quicktime + Vista+ compaq laptop = BSOD?

Dark_Eden SG

i have a compaq laptop, model is F576AU , is always having blue screen of death when quicktime is installed. The blue screen came on random, and the error msg is: IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL. I am sure the culprit is quicktime, as after uninstalling quicktime, the BSOD is gone. I am running vista btw. I already installed the latest version of quicktime, but still the same. My friend who is also using compaq laptop, but with XP , dont have this prob. Y is this so?

wishboy SG

my one is compaq PC, vista home basic, with quicktime installed but nv BSOD
only problem is quicktime takes very very long to start up as compared to WMP

kenn3th SG

check for more details here:

http://www.winvistaclub.com/t3.html

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I don't think Quicktime use any drivers, which is a cause for nearly all BSODs.

Do you have other multimedia players installed?

Also note that Compaq comes with a lot of other crap software installed, including multimedia players. Those can cause trouble as they have their own codecs (which works a little like drivers) and can be a headache to solve.