"Critical process died" before every boot

El_Mayo · Nov 21, 2014

PC turns on gets a BSOD reboots and then I can get into windows. Just wondering why it BSODs in the first place if anyone's had this problem before . i7 4790k on Z97a with latest bios. not overclocked, auto voltage

OneMoar · Nov 21, 2014

can you boot in safemode ?
if you can try sfc /scannow
could also be AV software conflicting
if you are using mutli software such as avast MBAM ect ect uninstall them
windows will throw that error if a process is trying to be started/accessed by multiple things

El_Mayo · Nov 22, 2014

OneMoar said:
can you boot in safemode ?
if you can try sfc /scannow
could also be AV software conflicting
if you are using mutli software such as avast MBAM ect ect uninstall them
windows will throw that error if a process is trying to be started/accessed by multiple things

I've tried the sfc /scannow and it was 100% fine
I've got avast installed though, so what can I do for virus protection and not have this error? uninstalling it now

P4-630 · Nov 22, 2014

If you have windows 8.1 you could try Windows defender instead or MSE if you are running windows 7.

micropage7 · Nov 22, 2014

could related to os or driver or the other apps or the hardware or settings
try to run through safe mode, disable any unnecessary services first

random bsod or when you run something?

El_Mayo · Nov 24, 2014

micropage7 said:
could related to os or driver or the other apps or the hardware or settings
try to run through safe mode, disable any unnecessary services first

random bsod or when you run something?

I've just uninstalled Avast but it did the same thing when I booted up.
it doesn't bsod when I'm IN Windows, only before it's fully booted. Also I'm on Windows 8 (it won't let me install 8.1 for some reason)

OneMoar · Nov 25, 2014

You need to get 8.1.1 installed
sounds like something is nerfed

El_Mayo · Nov 25, 2014

OneMoar said:
You need to get 8.1.1 installed

oh hey it just let me do it. It wasn't finding it in Windows Update, but it let me do it through the Windows Store. But I think it's just 8.1. I'll see if I need to look in windows update to get that extra .1

OneMoar · Nov 25, 2014

8.1 needs to be installed first 8.1.1 will be delivered via windows update automaticly

eidairaman1 · Nov 25, 2014

What is the bsod about.

El_Mayo · Nov 25, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
What is the bsod about.

Critical_process_died

eidairaman1 · Nov 25, 2014

Theres an article here

To me sounds like a driver, or ram or os is trashed.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ed-error/488f2e0d-34ac-451b-81fe-8097d7a7e399

El_Mayo · Nov 25, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
Theres an article here

To me sounds like a driver, or ram or os is trashed.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ed-error/488f2e0d-34ac-451b-81fe-8097d7a7e399

I'll try updating drivers and BIOS first. Turns out I'm only running bios version 1204 (june bios)
I've run memtest before with this RAM and it passed it just fine so I hope its not that

OneMoar · Nov 25, 2014

I highly doubt its hardware related it sounds more like a bunk driver or software conflict

El_Mayo · Nov 26, 2014

OneMoar said:
I highly doubt its hardware related it sounds more like a bunk driver or software conflict

Somewhere between uninstalling Avast and installing Windows 8.1 fixed it

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