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Please make Dr. Watson leave me alone.

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by learneverything 1 view

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I have a new Dell computer system as of about a month ago. It is running Windows NT 4.00.1381. I keep getting Dr. Watson errors when using Access. This is the message:

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. MSACCESS.exe Exception: access violation (Oxc0000005), Address: 0X0403c076.

I looked in Help and found some information about reading the log, but it's gibberish to me and I still don't know what to do about it. If I reinstall Access, will he be happy? Suggestions on how to make this stop are welcome. I've been getting 2-3 of them a day lately. Each time, I log all the way out and restart in hopes that will have some magical curative power.

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by ratherbfishing

A couple of suggestions:

Install the latest NT 4.0 service pack if you have not already. You can download it from Microsoft.

Reinstall Access.

What version of MS Access are you running?
Access violations can be hard to track down, good luck!

by learneverything

We checked and found that we had service pack 6.0 installed. We reinstalled Access, no improvement. Then my network admin called the support dept. They researched and found that she needed to install some year 2000 patches that hadn't been done. Who would've figured it were necessary on a new computer leased in Sept. 2000?

Anyhow, I've been doctor free and glad about it for the last 2 business days, so hopefully, that was the cure. Thanks for your suggestions!

by jorge.camacho

First check the Event Viewer, then check what service pack do you have, install the newest release. last option... re install access. Good luck.

by learneverything

We checked and found that we had service pack 6.0 installed. We reinstalled Access, no improvement. Then my network admin called the support dept. They researched and found that she needed to install some year 2000 patches that hadn't been done. Who would've figured it were necessary on a new computer leased in Sept. 2000?

Anyhow, I've been doctor free and glad about it for the last 2 business days, so hopefully, that was the cure. Thanks for your suggestions!

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