Cool thanks for the input. I have 98SE. I suspect you're right re having a O/S in shape but I guess when I didn't know it just seemed healthier! I've had a lot going on for my computer over the last couple of weeks and don't know what the problem would be or how to pinpoint it - my recent one is 0E has occurred at 0187:BFF8CC32.
Also had cable put in and BlackIce Defender... is that relevant?
Goonboy, see your name up there a lot... you should be working for DELL!
thanks again

I've used NSW for some time, and am quite happy with it. You don't mention which operating system you're using, but if it's ME, I'm not necessarily surprised you're getting all those errors. I get exceptionally few with 98SE, and I can see the difference after some System Check operations with NSW, on occasion.

As for ME, I believe the jury has just re-entered the court room, and the foreman has handed the verdict to Officer Burrell, who is giving it to Judge Wapner as we speak...the results are available here.

I can't help but think you'd be in better shape with a good O/S after addressing 255 errors. If you're not, a format/clean install may be in order.



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It would help to have the complete text of the error message(s), but I have no personal experience with error messages like that using cable, nor am I aware of any Black Ice users that have had this problem. Biggest complaint I hear about Black Ice is that's it's just complicated to configure. I still think if System Works found that many errors, you might be looking at a format before you get things straightened out. I've installed NSW on systems that had a lot tinkering done on them by inexperienced users, and have never gotten past 60 or so errors found.

I can tell you that it's been my experience that a big majority of error messages are the result of improper installation of programs, with the biggest culprit being installs without shutting down nonessential stuff prior to the job. That, combined with users using "tweaks" without having a clue what they're doing with them, is probably responsible for more crashes than most anything else, and is why I never recommend "tweaking" anything unless the user knows what they're doing, and is in a position to format/clean install if something goes sideways.



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Goonboy,

Maybe you can give me some advice. I have been a big fan of Norton SystemWorks on my last computer.

Now I have a Dimension 4100 with Win 98 Me. I have reformatted probably about six times since October on Dell's advice. Each time I reinstalled Norton SystemWorks.

This last time I did a debug, clean install of Windows, and then Office 2000, EndItAll, ZoneAlarm, Frontpage2000. Everything was running well, except for frequent "out of memory" messages using NotePad on my desktop. (I have nothing running in the background except systray and explorer, according to EndItAll.)

I installed Norton Utilities and Antivirus from the SystemWorks CD upon the advice of Symantec. Now I get constant error messages, and by computer will not shut down. For example:

ZONEALARM caused an invalid page fault in
module at 0000:75d81f00.
Registers:
EAX=.......
etc.
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bfdf30bb etc.

SSET_SE caused a general protection fault
in module at 0000:0000021f. etc.
Registers:
EAX=etc.
Bytes at CS:EIP:
00 ee 51 00 00 20 2d 73 6d 73 20 2d 66 43 3a 5c
Stack dump:
etc.

IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in
module at 0000:00000000.
Registers:
EAX=03789118 etc. (this was visiting the Winmag site you suggested)
Bytes at CS:EIP:
etc.
Stack dump:
etc.

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 017f:bff7b9a6.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 etc.
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 76 04 e8 13 89 ff ff 5e c2 04 00 56 8b 74 24
Stack dump:
etc.

RNAAPP caused a general protection fault
in module USER.EXE at 000c:00003eb8.
Registers:
EAX=0002ffff etc.
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8e 46 0c 26 80 3d 00 75 06 b8 ff ff e9 91 01 8b
Stack dump:
etc.

I have more examples. This is just this morning.

Do you have any suggestions?

Signed, Desperate!

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