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On several of out Windows 98 SE computers we get occasional fatal esception errors. They seem to come and go and not happen on any regular basis. What are these errors and what can we do to fix it?
Thank you
-kathy
When you attempt to start Windows or an application inside of Windows, you may encounter errors similar to the following:
A fatal exception has occurred at xxxx:xxxxxxxx
Fatal exception errors are codes that are returned by a program in the following cases:
?Access to an illegal instruction has been encountered.
?Invalid data or code has been accessed.
?The privilege level of an operation is invalid
When any of these cases occurs, the processor returns an exception to the operating system, which in turn is handled as a fatal exception error. In many cases the exception is non-recoverable and the system must either be restarted or shut down, depending upon the severity of the error.
In the sample error message that is listed above, XY represents the actual processor exception from 00 to 0F. (Note that the "h" that is listed after the 0E, 0F, and so on, in the explanations below is frequently omitted from the error message.) The xxxx:xxxxxxxx value represents the enhanced instruction pointer to the code segment; the 32-bit address is the actual address where the exception occurred.
Windows does not cause these errors, but has the exception-handling routine for that particular processor exception, which displays the error message.
Refer to this Microsoft link to troubleshoot and find the appropriate resolution for your particular circumstance.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q150314#1
This link is also very heplful in tracking down the exact cause.
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/fatlexer.htm
(REMOVE SPACES from the pasted URLs.)
Maxwell
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