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I have a Pent III with 128Mb RAM & 10Gbyte
hard drive. The unit is connected to a
router for cable internet access. I get random page faults and lockups regardless which application program I am using.The latest is "MSIMN". Any suggestions.

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by dmiles

Without any of the faults listed here in your question it will take a guess to what is causing your problems.Start by using the device manager to see if their are any exclamation marks on any of your devices,then check the bios for the latest up date,next you will want to go back over the network connections to see if the settings has changed.Run scan disk to see if their are any disk errors,and last check to see if all .dll files are up to date.You may want to repost with specific error messages.

by sherrym

Msimn.exe is the main Outlook Express program file. When there is an error
message that refers to this file, it will usually quit, and Outlook Express will
not start.
See Q225096 article from the Microsoft Knowledge base
To work around this issue:
1. Disconnect from the Internet, and then start Outlook Express. If you are
prompted to establish a Dial-Up Networking connection, click Cancel.
2. On the Tools menu, click Message Rules, and then click Mail.
3. Find the rule that is configured with either or both of the following
actions, and then click to clear the check box next to it:
- Do not Download it from the server
- Delete it from Server
4. Click OK.
For additional information about these error messages,click the article number
below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q233264 Error Message If the Folders.dbx File Is Missing or Damaged

by kevin brown

Check your cooling fans in the box. When your CPU overheats you will get random lockups and odd errors. I saw the same thing happen on a 98 system when the CPU fan quit working.

by tejota

Chances are it's a software or driver conflict. I would try to remember the last time the computer was running fine. If it was before you installed a particular hardware with its driver than thats probably it. It probably happens during a specific action like starting Office, or starting your dialup. If that is not the case then maybe you have some bad memory modules. Try swapping out your memory. If anything, if you have 2 memory chips in your computer, take one out and try it out without it. If it still happens, then put it back in and take the other out to make sure your problem is not stemming from any one particular memory module. If you problem stops while doing this, then theres your answer.

TJ

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