My apologies, I thought that support article would have applied to both.
Yes, it should work just fine if it restores you system to its factory settings.
Regards,
Patrick
How Do I Stop DPC Watchdog Violation Blue Screen?
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I have been receiving pop up messages for the last month of so saying I should download Windows 8.1. Today, I went on my computer to check a couple things and it popped up again so I just decided to finally get it since I could let it download while I slept for a few hours. Now, ever since I got that, I keep on getting the DPC Watchdog Violation Blue Screen every time I get into a game of League of Legends. I haven't had this update long enough to see what else will cause it. This is getting extremely frustrating and I would like to know how to stop this. I have never been a huge fan of Windows 8, unfortunately, and this update so far isn't helping much. =/
P.S. I don't know if this makes a difference, but my computer is the HP Envy M6.
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2014-03-30T02:46:05+00:00 But that is for Windows 7, not Windows 8.
The guy that I spoke to said that doing the Recovery Media Creation would accomplish the exact same thing as a system wipe, therefore fixing my driver problem. Is that true or do I actually need to do a system wipe?
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Anonymous
2014-03-29T22:43:26+00:00 You'll want to read this - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01867124&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en
To answer your previous question - Since it came installed with Windows 8, the drivers on HP's website are for Windows 8 + (8.1), and not anything before. You could install Windows 7 and try your best to get the drivers working for 7, and you may even have to go 3rd party, but I would not recommend it. It's best you stay on Windows 8 as that's the OS your drivers were developed and tested for.
Regards,
Patrick
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Anonymous
2014-03-29T21:33:39+00:00 This computer came with Windows 8.
Also, I have been talking to a couple places about getting the computer wiped, and one just said that using HP Recovery Media Creation would do the same thing as a wipe. Would that work?
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Anonymous
2014-03-27T22:57:19+00:00 What OS did your system come with?
Regards,
Patrick