WIN2000AS IE fail initialize 0xc0000142 with ATI Radeon8500

[finis 0]

Hi Guys First time here

 

I've checked, and my problem is not

listed in Radeon technical issue, game issue,

multimedia issue, nor MicroSoft search base. I've read

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/3179.html

and searched through www.ati.com with the error

message I saw. But, no topic mentions my problems.

Here is a detailed hardware and software environment

of my computer with problem description, Thanks a

lot for reading it:

 

 

----- Hardware decription

Powered By ATI Radeon 8500 128MB RAM

ASUS A7V333 motherboard

North Bridge Chipset: VIA KT333

South Bridge Chipset: VIA VT8233A

AMD Athlon XP1900+ CPU

512MB DDR SDRAM

 

 

----- graphics-related BIOS & setting

--- BIOS:

ASUS version 1011 (latest)

--- Setings:

Graphics Aperature Size: 128MB

AGP Bus Performance: Optimal

(only Optimal/Turbo, default is Optimal)

AGP Capbility: 4X Mode

AGP Drive Strength AUTO

AGP Performance Control: Disabled

AGP Fast Write Control: Disabled

Video Memory Cache Mode: UC

(only UC/UCWC, default is UC)

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled

 

 

----- Software installed & Drivers

Windows2000 Advenced Server English Version ServicePack3

Internet Explorer 6 (also tried 5, but not working either)

DirectX 8.1

--- Drivers:

VIA chipset 4 in 1 drivers version 4.42(a) (latest)

 

 

----- Problem Description

Radeon 8500 driver seems to have a compatibility

problem with Win2000 Advenced Server. After

installing it, Internet Explorer is usually the

first program that cannot be properly initialized

to open. After IE fails to open, I can not open any

other things, such as NotePad or Windows Explorer.

Then it pops up the following error message:

 

 

"The application fail to initialize properly

(0xc0000142 ) Application Error."

 

The problem won't appear, if I uninstall the ATI

display driver, or run the window in safe mode.

I have tried both the latest ATI display driver

and the one of previous verion. Both has the same

problem. They're the following:

 

1. w2k-radeon-5-13-01-6118-efg (latest)

2. w2k-ref-7-72-020524m-004274c

 

Finis

[pmistry 0]

Now we are getting somewhere, I was fiddling around with Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server and got the exact same errors that you got, and they only occur after installing the Radeon drivers. Like you mentioned I got 00xBLAH BLAH errors when trying to open IE, Notepad, or a wave file in Explorer. My config is slightly older than yours but similar component manufacturers.

 

----- Hardware decription

Built By ATI: Radeon 8500LE 128MB RAM

ASUS K7V motherboard

North Bridge Chipset: VIA KC333

South Bridge Chipset: VIA 686A

AMD Athlon Classic 750

512MB PC133 SDRAM

 

 

----- graphics-related BIOS & setting

--- BIOS:

ASUS version 1008-D (latest)

--- Setings:

Graphics Aperature Size: 128MB

AGP Capbility: 4X Mode

AGP Drive Strength AUTO

AGP Performance Control: Disabled

AGP Fast Write Control: Disabled

Video Memory Cache Mode: UC

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled

 

 

----- Software installed & Drivers

Windows2000 Advenced Server English Version ServicePack3

Tried without SP3 as well, ie. no SP

Internet Explorer 6 (also tried 5, but not working either, same here)

DirectX 8.1

--- Drivers:

VIA chipset 4 in 1 drivers version 4.35v (the most stable for my old chipset, and work completely fine with Win2k Pro)

 

 

I do not get any of these issues with Professional so its a Server issue, I think I will give ATI tech some email.

[pmistry 0]

Here's ATI's response on the issue.

 

Based on our experience, the issue(s) you describe are usually due to system configuration errors. We believe that the troubleshooting steps listed below may help to resolve this issue.

 

If you own one of our Radeon products, you may consider reviewing the information at:

 

http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/radeon/radeonissues.html

 

If the ATI display adapter you have is an AGP card, you should also consider reviewing the information at:

 

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/3179.html

 

You may also consider using the new SEARCH ATI function on our web site. It can be found at:

 

http://www.ati.com/search/index.html

 

 

Regards,

 

Customer Service Canada

ATI Technologies, Inc.

http://www.ati.com

 

 

What a load of crap.

 

I did some searching on the Rage3D forums, this registry entry could fix the problem.

 

 

i have had some luck with a solution posted in a different thread . Basically try this modification to you registry.

 

The registry entry needed is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

 

Add a value thus:

 

Value name: LargePageMinimum

Data type: REG_DWORD

Radix: Hexadecimal

Data value: ffffffff (just 8 f's)

 

I believe this is the AMD large page minimum patch.

[pmistry 0]

Got it fixed.

 

Install Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server

Install Sp3, Reboot

Install Directx, Reboot

Install IE6 if you want, Reboot

Install Chipset drivers, Reboot

Install Audio card drivers if necessary, Reboot.

Install AMD Large Page Minimum Patch, Reboot.

Install Radeon drivers, Reboot.

Install ATI Control Panel, Reboot.

 

Works fine for me now.

[Four and Twenty 0]

Here is a good example of how ATI sucks. If they don't get their drivers together they are going to go the way of 3dfx