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by khushdholoo

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When Win98SE starts I get a error box:-
This program has caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. DW caused an invalid page fault in module DW.EXE at 0177:0043122c

When I click the "X" at top right the error box disappears and computerworks normally.

Also in IE ver 6.0 (Outlook Express) when I click a link in any email, the OE freezes up & I have to do CTRL-ALT-DEL routine to reload it normally again & then it works normally.

I have WIN98SE, PIII/550MHZ, 128MB Ram, 20GB HDD.

Please help.

Regards

K F Dholoo

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by artymonn

Go to lavasoft.com and get adaware and run it on your system. I believe it is part of a spyware program that installs itself to your computer when you install shareware programs and others like that. Adaware should remove your spyware with ease. Make sure you get all three parts to it. Adaware, Ref Update and Reg-enhance.In the mean time run msconfig on your system and uncheck the DW.exe from your start up.

by jredding

Run 'Msconfig' and look at the 'startup' tab to see what programs are trying to launch. If there are any you don't know, simply un-check the box and re-boot. If you un-check something that causes new problems or makes it so something you need doesn't start, you can go back and re-check the box.
Hope this helps.

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