How To Fix Driver Overran Stack Buffer on Windows PC?

How many times have you encountered this blue screen or BSOD in your life? Isn’t it irritating when in the middle of some important task you encounter this problem and the only reason you can see is that “Driver overran stack buffer”. It is irritating at times, especially when there seems to be no solution to the problem.

But don’t worry, today we are going to tell you about nine such methods which will help you understand the meaning of this message and will also help you to solve it.

Why Did You Get This Error?

The first thing that I would recommend to you is that always understand the reason behind the problem and then act accordingly. Thus the first thing is Understanding the reasons behind the error that you are encountering. Now sometimes this happens due to a file that is running on a system while other times it may happen due to some external peripherals connected to the system.

Sometimes there might be some file causing trouble and it will be displayed on the screen. You can choose to close the file that is causing trouble. Thus, understanding the reasons is important that might be causing trouble. Understanding reasons make you capable of solving them yourselves.

Apart from a file, there might be some external peripherals attached to your system that might be a reason for the error especially USB drives and external hard disks. Try disconnecting them, they might be a  reason for the error that is being shown.

Thus understanding reasons should always be the first step when you are encountering a problem like this.

How To Fix Driver Overran Stack Buffer In Windows PC?

Here are some easy steps to fix this error on your Windows PC.

1. Updating Windows:

Updating windows is also one of the ways to get rid of this problem. So try updating windows after you restart your system. There might be some updates that were meant to be done but weren’t successful because of some reason. So, in that case, you can try this is as the first and easiest alternative.

But if you recently updated your windows and are still encountering the problem, then consider going to settings and check the Windows update option and click on Check for updates option because although you feel that you have updated your system there might be some unfinished updates that need to be completed but we’re not done for some reason.

So try updating Windows. If still the problem persists then try other solutions too. But updating Windows has to be my first suggestion to you before jumping into any other complicated method.

2. Keep Installed Drivers Updated:

Sometimes Driver Overran Stack Buffer can happen due to outdated or corrupted drivers. This problem can be sorted by updating the installed drivers. Let’s see the step that one needs to follow next:

Right-click the Start button and select the Device Manager to open it.

• Now locate the driver that you want to update and then select the Update Driver option.

• Choose Search automatically for updated driver software. This will search for the latest driver version and then update it.
• Now once you are done with one driver, repeat the same process for outdated or corrupted drivers until the problem is fixed.

3. Blue Screen Troubleshooter:

This error is known as a blue screen error. What are blue screen errors?

Blue screen errors are those errors that make the system stop abruptly or which forces Windows to restart. So, since there are many blue screen errors, Windows has a built-in troubleshooting tool known as Windows Troubleshooter.

Let’s see the steps that one needs to follow to resolve the issue by using Windows Troubleshooter.

• Open Settings and go to the Update & Security option.
• Now select Troubleshoot.
• Then click on Blue Screen on the right and then click on Run the troubleshooter.

Now, this tool will start looking for the problems and then will give you on-screen instructions on how to solve them. Just follow the instructions and wait for the issues to get resolved.

4. Disable Fast Startup:

Most people prefer to enable the option of a fast startup which is not a very good practice but to save time sometimes people do it. Most of the time it is one of the reasons for errors. So the first thing that you need to do is that you should disable the option of fast startup and here are the steps to do so:

• Invoke Control Panel and then go to System and Security > Power Option > Choose what the power button does
• Then click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
• Uncheck Turn on fast startups and click on Save Changes. 

Then restart your system and check if the problem is resolved.

5. SFC Scan:

As I told you in the starting that a corrupted file may be the reason for causing this problem. Though we did a manual check what if we can’t locate the corrupted file?

The next option is about resolving this problem. Perform an SFC check which will search the corrupted files and then will replace them with the normal ones.

Follow the following steps to perform an SFC Check:

• Run Command Prompt as administrator.
• Input the command SFC/scannow and press enter.
• Now just wait for the error to fix.
• Restart your PC and check if the error is fixed or not.
• If the error still exists, then run the DISM command to repair the system image. For this type the commands DISM/ Online/Cleanup-Image/RestoreHealth and press enter.
• Step 6: Now restart your system and perform the SFC Scan again.

This will resolve the problem if it is related to a corrupted file.

6. Uninstall Softwares That You Don’t Need:

If you are encountering the problem of Driver Overran Stack Buffer right after installing some third party software then that software might be the problem. So, if any such software exists, you can uninstall it.

Just invoke Control Panel and navigate in the Program > Programs and Feature

From the list of existing software uninstall the problematic software.

7. Windows Memory Diagnostic Tools:

One of the major reasons for Blue Screen errors is the compatibility issue between the Motherboard and the hardware that you are using.

So, if you recently installed new hardware, try removing it for better compatibility and to avoid such errors.

But, apart from this faulty memory module can also be a reason for the error. Luckily, Windows provide us with a Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to check memory errors.

 

• Press Windows + R to open Run window, and type mdsched.exe and click ok.
• Now you can see there will be two options.
• Select the recommended option and your PC will restart. If you are middle of something important, you can always choose the latter.

Also, this option will save the work before restarting, so your work progress will be saved.

8. Check the Hard Drive:

This error can also occur if the Master Boot Record  (MBR) is corrupted.

For this follow following steps:

• Restart your computer while holding Shift Key to enter advanced Setup.

• Choose troubleshoot and the Advanced Options. Then, choose Command Prompt.
• Type rebuildbcd / fixmbr /fixboot in the command prompt and then press Enter.
• If you want to check the file system, enter chkdsk /r*: (* refers to the drive letter of the specific partition for which you want to check the file system. )
• Now you can repeat this for all the file systems.

9. Reset Windows PC:

The next option is to reset Windows. Keep this as the last option as you shouldn’t reset Windows otherwise. But if all the options fail,  reset Windows.

To reset Windows:

• Restart your system while pressing the Shift key.
• After that you will get two options, choose the Troubleshoot > Reset this PC > Remove everything.
• Now, choose Only the drive where Windows is installed > Just remove my files and click on Reset.
• Then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the resetting.

Conclusion

If you still didn’t get the solution to the problem, try contacting some experts or re-check the steps. Comment down below how did you like the content.

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