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by kateynoodle

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The computer at work keeps throwing up invalid page faults, how can I stop this. The programmes running at the time vary. The messages read something like "explorer caused an invalid page fault at pdm.dll" or kernel32.dll. Any help appreciated.

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by md_hashim

Seems like your application hasn't registered into the Operating System correctly. Have you tried re-installing the application? Sometimes this helps :)...

by dmiles

The best solution I found to solve invalid page faults or kernal32.dll errors is to reload the operating system using the cd-rom only which restores the registry to original settings,or depending on operating system use the system file checker to extract the files from the cd.

by richard lane

Checking on the MS support site, gives that this error is caused by running MS Visual Studio 6, and you need to install SP3 for VS6. The PDM.DLL file is the Process Debug Manager, and may also be installed by Visual Basic, Visual C++ etc. If you uninstall the software and still get the error, MS suggest renaming the file to PDM.OLD.

More info on the MS support site:
http://support.microsoft.com
search for article Q227152

HTH

Richard

by claymuir

I agree about Visual Studio files but there is something the other guy did not mention - the file is also installed when you install the Visual Basic run times which some programs do. The problem with this for you is you can not uninstall it becauseit will not be listed in the remove software list. The easiest way to fix this problem (unless you do have Visual Studio installed) is re-install the Operating System and verify everything works as you add programs back. If you start to get the error messages again then uninstall the last program you put in and find a "good" copy of that program.

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