Windows: BAD_POOL_HEADER

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Posted on October 14, 2008

Hmm, Have to love M$

This error occurred after updating windows xp to Service pack2 .. Let’s think about this error for a moment. “pool” what comes to my mind is that it may be a printer driver issue or memory allocation. The error comes from a old hardware driver go figure

Solution:
Go into safe mode and uninstall the old driver . in my case was my wifi card. ( Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 ) Then download the updated driver for SP2 if you can locate it online or call the manufacturer

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