Windows 10: Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD

Discus and support Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hi there! We were doing fine with a computer upgrading to Windows 10, and it worked good for a while. However, now we're getting this BSOD several... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by nathandenco, Jun 26, 2016.

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  1. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User

    Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD


    Hi there! We were doing fine with a computer upgrading to Windows 10, and it worked good for a while. However, now we're getting this BSOD several times a day, seemingly at random. I've updated all the drivers on the PC and tried to find any sort of solution online, but couldn't find anything for this specific error.

    From the dump I get:
    Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe
    IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD

    but not much else. Would anyone be able to help?
    Thank you very much.

    :)
     
    nathandenco, Jun 26, 2016
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  2. JONTY-MORRIS
    Jonty-Morris Win User

    Windows 10 BSOD, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE, Asus ROG STRIX GL553VD

    Thank you for the replies.

    While I still have the occasional BSOD, they're a lot less frequent after updating my graphics driver.
     
    Jonty-Morris, Jun 26, 2016
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  3. TAKLOP
    Taklop Win User
    Windows 10 BSOD (driver irql, clock watchdog)

    I have a relatively new system running W10. When I first got it around 6 months ago it would BSOD and I thought nothing of it as the hardware was brand new and so was the OS, and as such expected a few teething issues.

    However, the issues still continue. My PC BSODs at various times, specifically : while playing games (Rust and Diablo, but also a few others), and also more occasionally at boot. (Causing the system to reboot again).

    While playing games it BSODs frequently, often hourly or even more frequently than that.

    These BSODs are mostly: driver irql_less_or_not_equal, or clock watchdog timeout.

    All my drivers are up to date, and so is my windows installation.

    I've tried running stress tests and memory diagnostics, and it doesn't seem to be a hardware fault.

    What do I do?
     
    Taklop, Jun 26, 2016
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  4. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User

    Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD

    Here's the file generated from running the program:
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    nathandenco, Jun 26, 2016
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  5. KKUHLER
    kkuhler Win User
    I am seeing the same issue. The problem started on Thursday. A silverlight update occurred on that date. I have uninstalled silverlight and am waiting to see if it occurs again.
     
    kkuhler, Jun 27, 2016
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  6. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User
    Good looking out, looks like it happened on Thursday for me as well, and I see Silverlight got installed that day. Fingers crossed that uninstalling it fixes it, thanks!
     
    nathandenco, Jun 27, 2016
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  7. ZTRUKER
    Ztruker Win User
    Let's hope it was Silverlight as the dumps have no useful information in them.
     
    Ztruker, Jun 27, 2016
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  8. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User

    Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD

    Just bsod again, same error *Sad confirmed that no updates have happened since, and Silverlight is uninstalled. It did start Thursday though, same day as the update, is it possible that there's anything else it could have affected?

    edit: I'm going to do a system restore (point) to before the update to see if that fixes it.
    edit again: The system restore failed lol.
     
    nathandenco, Jun 27, 2016
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  9. JEBCPA
    jebcpa Win User
    Did a system restore from 06/21/16 on 06/27/16. Same BSOD.
    Updated Video, Chipset, Audio, LAN and Scanner Drivers as of 16:00. BSOD at 16:26

    I posted this problem on the Microsoft Community Forum and received an interesting reply:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7-d629d8a27bcc

    I will also post my results from today (07/09/16) and tomorrow here.
     
    jebcpa, Jun 28, 2016
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  10. KKUHLER
    kkuhler Win User
    My misbehaving system is a dell Optiplex 9020. What about yours? Could it be a dell driver update that occurred in the background?
     
    kkuhler, Jun 28, 2016
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  11. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User
    I'm using a HP - HPE-450f. I don't have anything other than Windows Update to update anything. The only other common program used is CCleaner, besides work-related stuff (that no other users in the office have experienced issues with).
     
    nathandenco, Jun 28, 2016
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  12. JEBCPA
    jebcpa Win User
    Mine is generic. See "My System Specs".
     
    jebcpa, Jun 28, 2016
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  13. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User

    Frequent BSOD while working - IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD

    (this is the second page)

    This just happened to another PC in the office twice today, on Windows 7. I can't find anything about IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD online, and there doesn't appear to be any Windows Updates on the pc in the past few days.. what's going on?

    Here's the file for that computer:
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    nathandenco, Jun 28, 2016
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  14. KKUHLER
    kkuhler Win User
    I posted links to what is going on, but because it contains links it is awaiting moderation. Apparently it is Norton causing the issue and they are aware and working on a fix.

    If you google search IMPERSONATING_WORKER_THREAD and set the results to return links from the last week you will start to see the links

    ...and it appears my post awaiting moderation was deleted. Not sure why but google it....

    This is the norton issue... Norton 22.7 - Hot Issues and Fixes
     
    kkuhler, Jun 28, 2016
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  15. NATHANDENCO
    nathandenco Win User
    nathandenco, Jun 28, 2016
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