uTorrent causes repeated (but different) BSOD after upgrade to 2.X

[BDProductions]

A few hours after upgrading to utorrent 2.x I experienced my first BSOD on this computer running Windows XP Pro.

It's been clean and stable since ditching Windows Vista in favor of XP (All of my software and the OS is legal) for it's aproximate 30% better performance on this hardware.

The other day I allowed utorrent to upgrade to version 2.2 and now BSOD's are more frequent, and less common stop errors.

The last one was a Stop 5C, which like many others seems to point to a driver issue, but I have not changed my drivers in over 9 months now. Only 1 thing has changed: uTorrent.

If I do not run uTorrent I don't have ANY issues with BSOD's....

I decided to try another torrent client and now I see that Bittorrent and even Free Download Manager (which supports torrents also) both work without BSOD's.

I don't know what you did to uTorrent, but whatever it was it needs to be fixed.

I will wait for uTorrent to increment it's version before I use it anymore.... until then I will use a more stable alternative.

Like so many other people, I don't like the way rate limiting doesn't work like it used to.

Back to the first issue: Google "Stop 5C utorrent" Most hits are for Vista/7, but not all.... (obviously you need to filter the results for relevant hits)

Is some part of uTorrent being seen as a driver?

I will continue to look into it when I am not at work.

For the record, I use Torrents to distribute my own materials to friends and co-workers... and to download software like Open Office, Gimp, and other larger packages..... and movies such as Star Wrek, santa_claus_conquers_the_martians, and other movies either non-copyrighted or otherwise legal for download.

I use torrents for their robust ability to pause and resume at my convenience.... better than most download managers.

I did read the stickied and other posts about possible causes of utorrent crashing, and through careful testing have come to the conclusion that the current utorrent is NOT stable in XP at least.

To be honest, I won't use Free Download manager for torrents... I hate it's interface for that.... but it does handle http/ftp downloads well, so I will use it for that.

Bittorrent seems to be like an older version of utorrent.... so far it's working with no signs of BSOD, so I will stick with it for now...

I will try the next version of uTorrent, and if it also BSOD's this computer, I will avoid it's use up until the day there is no other client that reasonably works.

That's not a threat.... it just makes sense.... if it doesn't work, I will find something that does.

Good luck hunting down your gremlins...

......

Eric

[DreadWingKnight]

What network adapters are in use?

What internet security software is in use?

Is some part of uTorrent being seen as a driver?

No. Parts of internet security software may be though.

[BDProductions]

I appreciate your prompt attention to this inquiry.

I run an Atheros 5007 mini-pci wireless network card.

I have installed and use daily: Avira Antivirus (all features enabled), Spybot S&D (Tea Timer and daily update and scan), Malware Bytes AntiMalware manual scan daily, Windows Firewall behind Speedstream DSL modem's firewall, PeerBlock (current version)

This is a core 2 duo laptop with XP Pro, 1GB RAM, 320GB 7200RPM Seagate drive replaced the OEM drive and fresh install Late in January 2010, Firefox 3.x (always fully up-to-date) as my browser of choice.

Sometimes I start Miranda IM when I need to chat live, and I manually start Thunderbird to manage my E-Mail which I close as soon as I am done with each task respectively.

I also sometimes run Adobe Premier CS3 and VLC which is where I come up with files that need to be shared (I work for a small TV station as their engineer and producer of commercials I have contracted before hiring on as engineer)

I usually only operate those programs a few times a month, to create new ads and to review them with customers.

I travel often, and because of this I have to share large uncompressed files, usually only 30-60 seconds of footage plus leader and a small amount of black on the end.

The station owners and station manager have all been shown how to use uTorrent, and it's easy to share our work amongst ourselves with it until recently.

The only programs that run 24/7 are Avira, Spybot's tea timer, PeerBlock, and uTorrent until recently.

Now I have switched to Bittorrent, as have my collegues, thanks to their also experiencing issues with BSOD's while running uTorrent actively transferring files.

I am happy that it is also made by the same team, as that means you all have something to compare to that can be verified as not having the same issue for your users.

Thanks for your attention to this matter,

Eric