Post #83,387
2/22/03 9:59:42 AM
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Occassional message
On occassion, my machine blue screens to this message:
"A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C007F651 in VXD SYMEvent(02) + 000038F9. The current application will be terminated.
* Press any key to terminate the current application
* Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to restart your computer. You will lose any unsaved information in all applications.
Press any key to continue"
This almost always happens when I'm running or opening MS Word, Excel, VB or Wordperfect. My questions is: does this mean that one of my SIMMs has a problem, or does this mean my registry's hosed? lincoln
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Post #83,388
2/22/03 10:26:49 AM
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This is your cue...
...to finally leave the wretched world of Windows 9x.
They're dead, Jim.
If you must run Windows, then run Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional.
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Post #83,394
2/22/03 11:51:28 AM
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Trap E can be hard to pin down.
The microprocessor is throwing a Trap 0E because something is telling the CPU to access memory that doesn't exist or can't be accessed.
[link|http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/trape.html|This] article points out that Trap E can be hardware, or can be dodgy software. If you haven't changed your software, then the most likely place to look is the hardware. The trouble with Windows is that it's difficult to know if your software has changed.
The application and address information in the blue screen isn't as helpful as it might be because it might just be the end of the chain and not the actual offending application.
I don't think it's the registry, but it's really hard to know.
HTH. Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #83,421
2/22/03 6:16:46 PM
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How often?
If every two days, you need to reboot more often. This is Windows 98 I assume here? You didin't specify the OS, so I assumed 98.
Try turning off your Cache memory in BIOS and see if it clears up. Sometimes if Cache memory is bad, it causes the 0E errors. It makes a slower, but more stable system. If that doesn't work, try resetting your BIOS to factory defaults. If that doesn't work it could be a registry error or damaged file.
What is SYMEvent anyway? Symantec Event? Maybe it is trying to run Norton AV before the program is loaded?
Try applying the latest service packs for Office and Visual Studio since the Office and VB programs seem to be having the problems. Run a scandisk or disk doctor before you do this. Check for errors in the files.
If all else fails, save the data files, reformat, and install Linux with a DOS partition to run your old Windows on just in case.
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Post #83,529
2/23/03 1:51:14 PM
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If you haven't been keeping up with MS fixes,
make sure you do that. Also check on the availability of later device drivers, especially for the graphics card. And, regclean (from MS) may be of use to clean up the registry. I'm assuming Windows 95/98/ME here.
I'd try software fixes first before spending money on new SIMMs.
Alex
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Post #83,550
2/23/03 4:51:13 PM
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Regclean was retired by Microsoft
I am not sure what they use now. But last I tried to get Regclean from Microsoft's web site, I was told that it had been retired.
[link|http://download.com.com/3000-2094-881470.html?tag=list|You can download Regclean here] if you really want it. Good thing that other web sites keep a mirror of Microsoft utilities.
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Post #83,552
2/23/03 5:18:33 PM
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system info
I'm running Win 98 first edition, using IE 5.5 with SP1 installed on a PII box with 20 gig hard drive and two 128 Meg SIMMs. Both service packs for Office 97 are installed. I don't want to install the latest "application" IE 6.0 because when I "upgraded" to 5.5, it broke the functionality of some VB programs that I wrote years ago. They used to be able to run and access automatically some Access databases that I created; now, they keep throwing up these stupid ass message boxes that want me to select my DSN, ask for the password, etc. All the sort of crap I didn't used to have to put up with, but now I forced to.
I had more than enough trouble when I installed Office 97 years ago, but didn't let it install PowerPoint (since I never use it). Naturally, six months later a buddy sends vacation photos in a PowerPoint presentation, so I un-install Office, then re-install it with PowerPoint. Several hours later, it finally goes in successfully, but I've had problems with Office files ever since. This occurred long before I added the second 128 Meg SIMM. Still doesn't rule out that either SIMM has gone flaky though.
If it weren't such a pain in the ass, I'd just get a new hard drive and start over.
lincoln
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Post #83,554
2/23/03 5:33:07 PM
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Sounds like
the ADO record you are using got changed with the new IE install or something. Did you install the MDAC service pack as well?
Also consider switching to the UDL connection. Just create a text file, rename it data.udl or whatever and then set your ADO Connection to:
ADO_Connection = "File=" & App.Path & "\\data.udl"
You can set the passwords and user IDs in the UDL file, plus the User ID and Password can be changed this way without recompiling the program. You can even change the database location, type, etc in the UDL file. It may save you some headache later.
IE 6.0 fixes a lot of bugs that IE 5.X had, including fatal exception errors, and other crap it caused. Or maybe you should just go back to IE 4.0 because IIRC it was pretty stable.
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Post #83,651
2/24/03 4:55:31 AM
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IME, Office makes Win95/98 unstable.
My non-games PC, when it ran Windows, got re-installed from clean every 6-12 months because Office would eat it. My games PC meanwhile stayed 100% stable because I didn't install Office on it.
Wade.
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Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
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Post #84,410
2/26/03 6:12:22 PM
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Depends on the Office version
and what version of IE it installs. I usually ran Office 2000 with SP2 very well with 98, very few crashes if any. Only major problem I've had is the networking issue of Microsoft Client Network shares.
Still time for a reformat. I got 98 and XP on the same drive, which I am told is a No-No.
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