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Title: Crashing Windows 7
Post by: DavidR on March 10, 2011, 04:18:06 PM
I have used my DNS-323 for over a year, and all of a sudden it is causing Win 7 to blue screen.
If i boot normally, then turn on the D-Link, they the problem will occur.
If it does not crash, then easy search will not see the device at all.

Has anyone else seen this issue?
Title: Re: Crashing Windows 7
Post by: m1e1w1 on March 10, 2011, 05:06:11 PM
yes i have. windows 7 ult. 64 bit, crash recovery / blue screen reboot.

i have my dns 323 set to a static IP for easy search, it shows up in windows network just fine.
i only had the problem when the ip was conflicting.
Title: Re: Crashing Windows 7
Post by: DavidR on March 11, 2011, 03:37:20 PM
Thanks for your reply.

not sure how to set a static IP,when simply connection will cause a crash.

any suggestions?
Title: Re: Crashing Windows 7
Post by: fordem on March 12, 2011, 04:48:32 AM
To be honest - I don't see why an ip conflict would/should cause Windows 7 to crash, but I'm not going to discard the suggestion out of hand - you can't set a static address without connecting - so you'll need to connect from another system (ie one not running Windows 7) - or - if I assume that the ip conflict is between the Windows 7 system and the DNS-323, then setting a different static address on the Windows 7 system would/should prevent the conflict from occuring and remove the bluescreen.

Worth a try.

From a different angle - did you load drivers for the DNS-323 on the Windows 7 machine?  Try uninstalling them, they're not needed to access the NAS, and the Vista drives used to cause problems, so maybe that is where this crash is coming from.

Title: Re: Crashing Windows 7
Post by: blackbox on March 12, 2011, 11:31:49 PM
Make sure your system is clean

Run Hitman Pro
http://www.surfright.nl/en (http://www.surfright.nl/en)

then do a quick scan with Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.org (http://www.malwarebytes.org)