Bursar 0 Posted February 3, 2001 On a fairly regular basis now (three times so far today), I am getting the following error: Event Type: Information Event Source: Application Popup Event Category: None Event ID: 26 Date: 03/02/2001 Time: 20:35:03 User: N/A Computer: XXXX Description: Application popup: Half-Life: hl.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x0f2c2e8e" referenced memory at "0x00000034". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program I have changed my RAM so I now have 2x256MB PC133 2-2-2 Crucial memory, and I'm still getting them. Also I get: Event Type: Information Event Source: Application Popup Event Category: None Event ID: 26 Date: 03/02/2001 Time: 20:41:49 User: N/A Computer: XXXX Description: Application popup: SysFader: iexplore.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x04612d44" referenced memory at "0x04a6d39b". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program When I try and access the Windows Update site. I have SP1, but am not sure if there are other pacthes I should apply that might help this. A friend told me that MS have a patch available on request that fixes this kind of problem with Outlook 2000. I'm hoping to get this patch soon and am praying that it will fix my problems. In the meantimes, does anyone else have any ideas? ------------------ PIII 866EB FC-PGA Intel D815EEA Motherboard Intel® PRO/100 Integrated NIC (for LAN) 3Com 3C905 10/100 NIC (for Cable Modem) Motorola Surfboard 3100 Cable Modem 2x256MB PC133 RAM 2-2-2 Crucial Technology Maxtor 92049U6 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66 Maxtor 52049U4 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66 Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB AOpen 52x IDE CD-ROM Yamaha CRW4416S SCSI CD-RW Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro USB Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro US Robotics Sportster Flash v90 External modem Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17 Adaptec 2940 Ultra Wide SCSI controller Sound Blaster Live! Value (LiveWare 3) Windows 2000 Professional (SP1) Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted February 3, 2001 Have you turned off any of the services lately? Share this post Link to post
Bursar 0 Posted February 3, 2001 I can't think of anything I may have done recently that might be causing this. It's been happening on and off since about Christmas, but I thought it was just a misbehaving application. The frequency of the errors now leads to me think I may have a hardware problem (but not in my RAM as I have changed it and the problem still occurs), or a part of my OS is fried. As for services, the following are running: Alerter Com+ Event System Computer Browser DHCP Client Distributed Link Tracking Client DNS Client Event Log HID Input Service Internet Connection Sharing IPSEC Policy Agent Logical Disk Manager Messenger NAV Alert NAV Auto-Protect Network Connections Norton Program Scheduler Norton Unerase Protection Plug and Play Print Spooler Protected Storage Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Removable Storage RunAs Service Security Accounts Manager Server Speed Disk service System Event Notification Task Scheduler TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Telephony TrueVector Basic Logging Client TrueVenctor Internet Monitor Windows Management Instrumentation Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions Workstation The Nav entries relate to Norton Anti-Virus 2001 (part of SystemWorks 2001) and the TrueVector services are for the ZoneAlarm firewall that I run. All other services are set to manual. Share this post Link to post
BladeRunner 0 Posted February 4, 2001 I'll e-mail you that Outlook 2000 patch on Monday. It certainly cleared up the 'Memory Could Not Be Read' I was having on two machines running Outlook 2000, but it is dependent on you having the 'inbox Backup' application running. It's by no way a general fix for Win2k. Leand me the game Bursar and I'll try it on my system and see if I get the same problems. Share this post Link to post
Bursar 0 Posted February 4, 2001 The problem is very intermittent. Sometimes I can play several HalfLife sessions in one 'boot session' without problem. The problem also occurs in IE. I'm now getting it when trying to access the WindowsUpdate site. I click product updates, I get the little box in the middle, and then POW just as it should be loading the list of updates, I get the error. The second event log posted above is after a crash following a visit to the WindowsUpdate site. Paul, do your blokes at work have Visual Studio or Visual C++ installed on the machines that are experiencing this problem? Maybe it's something to do with that? Share this post Link to post
