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by jon_siegel

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ok, here is the deal. I installed a new network card in my win98 se machine. It is a realtek 8139b. I had a network everywhere version2 card in it, but it failed for some reason. What has begun happening now is that whenever i go to network neighborhood, it shows a shortcut to my hdd, and the entire network icon. when i click on the entire network icon, i get an error message saying MPREXE has caused an invalid page fault.
now i have NO idea what this is all about. I am a hardware guy, and have limited software experience with this type of situation. Usually, when i put a machine together, it stays running like a dream from first install until it leaves my sight. This machine was running perfectly until that NE card died.
Can anyone helpme?

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by turambar386

Hi Jon. MPREXE is the Multiple Protocol Router. Just about anything can cause it to screw up, but two of the most common problems are:

- corrupt password files. Try deleting all of the .pwl files on the hard drive and rebooting.
- deviceconflicts. Look in device manager for any !'s. if you find any, you will have to resolve the resource conflict.

Good luck.

by jon_siegel

I deleted all pwl files, and the only device conflict i had was with a scsi controller that i removed. problem still tearing my hair out here.

by red dragoon

Of course the first response you'll get from any tech guy is, "Restart your PC."

After you've done that, reseat your NIC or even switch its slot on the board. Also, go to the Device Manager and make sure there are no errors being reported on yournetwork card.

Run System File checker and Registry checker in System Tools.

How much RAM does the PC have? Microsoft support says that the MPREXE invalid page fault is caused by too little RAM when upgrading to WIN 98 SE.

To read the article, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/
articles/Q238/4/54.ASP

Good luck.

by jon_siegel

I have 128 megs pc 133, so it is not a ram amount problem. I did not upgrade to win98 se, it is the original installed os. I cannot find file checker, and have run reg check tons of times. please feel free to keep suggesting we can lick this together.

by jon_siegel

it WAS saying MPREXE has caused an invalid page fault in kernel32.dll at address ...... I cannot give you the exact text, because I decided to 1)reinstall windows,
2)replace MPR.exe and its 2 accompanying dll's from a fully functioning pc

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