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CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION BSOD Windows 8.1 with Intel HAXM Android Emulator installed

I've had frequent "Critical Structure Corruption" BSODs ever since installing Windows 8.1. I even bought a new computer thinking it was just Windows 8.1 being more sensitive to a potential hardware fault.

But the BSODs kept coming in thick and fast while doing pretty much nothing at all, not even running an emulator.

I had a kernel problem panic on my mac with the recent Mavericks and it led me to put two and two together and it seems that simply having Intel HAXM installed on Win8.1 was causing BSODs.

Uninstalling Intel HAXM stops the BSODs.

Ultimately, this question I'm guessing would be resolved when Intel or MS make an update that fixes the BSODs.

Solution

  • This is currently a known issue, to track progress see the following over at intel's forums

    http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/475129

    Last update: Intel have released a hotfix for windows 8.1

    http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-end-user-license-agreement-windows-hotfix

    For now, using GenyMotion for my hardware accelerated emulator needs.