STOP 0x00000162
KERNEL_AUTO_BOOST_INVALID_LOCK_RELEASE
A driver released a lock incorrectly — a driver synchronization bug.
Likely causes, most common first
- A buggy driver — often security or storage software
How to fix it
1. Update the identified driver easy
- Update the named driver from its vendor, or remove the software it belongs to.
The four parameters on the blue screen
Windows shows four hex numbers with this stop code. Here's what each means — our analyzer decodes them automatically from your dump file.
| Parameter 1 | The thread |
| Parameter 2 | The lock address |
| Parameter 3 | The lock's state |
| Parameter 4 | Reserved |
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