Windows 10: BSOD traced to wnpdriver.sys following Win11 Upgrade. What is it and how do I prevent?

Following a Win10 to Win11 upgrade on a Lenovo T490 Laptop, I have been experiencing BSOD. A review of the logs indicate it is a driver called wnpdriver.sys in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers directory. I delete the driver and the machine will stay up but, without known action, the driver will be copied/recreated into the same directory and the PC will crash shortly after. I have deleted in Safe Mode and normal operation.I have reviewed the entire Device Manager listings and cannot find the device that this driver uses. Please help.

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Win11 upgrade not coming

If you checked again my previous replies, you can see ASUS re-installed my new notebook a even newer Win10 Home installation. After this 2nd time installation, I only did these to the toy:

1. installed chrome
   
2. changed its display brightness
   
3. changed wallpaper
   

After your previous suggestion, the 1 month temp McAfee was gone.

I can't figure out why I can't upgrade to Win11 for such a new notebook. Newer notebook will come with Win11 natively

 

HDMI Display causes BSOD, VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (igdkmd64.sys)

Hi, thanks for patiently waiting, as per checking here you have an issue with igdkmd64.sys which is the Intel Graphics Driver Kernel Mode 64-bit, for this issue kindly follow the steps from this link: https://www.drivers.com/update/pc-fix-tips/igdk....

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files, kindly follow the steps from this link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for... n-windows-11/4d469147-2747-4dcb-88a4-aae9273a4500

 

BSOD- atikmpag.sys

This is most likely due to an installation/upgrade error with ATI driver's. I suggest doing DriveSweeper and the following:

• Drivesweeper all drivers & in Safe Mode
• Unistall all drivers that aren't used in DriveSweeper (CCC Profiler Updates, MSI AfterBurner, anything related to ATI that use's it's drivers.)
• After you do this, the first thing you need to do is go into Device Manager and Unistall your ATI Drivers

Once your done, restart the PC and then try installing the latest drivers.


I had several issues with this in the past, but I overcame it with logical reasoning and whenever I have a driver issue, I just use these steps and I always overcome the problem.

Best of luck! *Toast :toast: