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re: Illegal operation
Monday, December 29, 2003 at 2:52 pm
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Posted by ladygnome (3 messages posted)

Hi, Well you are shedding more light on the situation. Keep in mind that your computer could have a virus contracted from software if not from the internet. But it would be less likely. I take it your network card is showing up with no indications of problems in the devices now (control panel). Now if you are having illegal operation messages when you open everything that is definitely a problem. If it only happens when you are using internet related programs then that is a specific problem. If it Illegal operations could mean a number of things. Also, if you can let me know if it says invalid page fault in a specific thing like kernel32.dll or anything else that would help. Also, what version of Internet Explorer (or Netscape) and any service packs you may have installed. Considering restoring or reinstalling. Take note of any software programs you may have recently installed. I would suggest going to add/remove programs and uninstalling these things in case something is the cause of your problems. Think about each step you took and what actually caused the problem. Maybe it was the incorrect driver you installed for your network card? Maybe your antivirus software or firewall software is loaded and may just need to be turned off for you to continue. Check things out and see what you can come up with. Some people say it can have to do with your printer/printer driver and an incompatibility. Even if you are not using it at the time, printer drivers can cause all sorts of weird problems. That's something you may want to look into. You could try a different network card and see if it fixes the problem! Good luck to you!

On Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 6:24 pm, Cristina wrote:
>I don't know how I could of gotten a virus if I haven't connected to the internet.
> This whole thing started when I installed a network card to my pc in order to connect
>to the internet through a cable modem. I was originally connecting through a phone
>line using aol, but i haven't even been able to connect through the phone line either.
> My network card is now being recognized, but the only problem I have is this illegal
>operation that keeps closing anything I open even aol. I can not open any browser
>long enough to connect. Isn't the only to get a virus by opening an email with a
>virus? Thanks for your assistance, please help!
>