re: error msg
Thursday, December 4, 2003 at 7:12 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by pat rhodes
(78 messages posted)
I updated my drivers. I'm pretty sure the problem has been resolved......thanks so
much !
On Thursday, December 4, 2003 at 3:12 pm, worm wrote:
>Hi Patricia,
> In layman's terms this is what happened.
>"MSIMN" is Outlook Express. GDI means Graphical Device Interface. A "General Protection
>Fault" is a computer condition which causes Windows to crash. It's usually caused
>by one application trying to use a block of memory which is in use by another program.
>The set of alpha-numeric characters is the memory address where the problem occurred.
>
> General Protection Faults are caused by a number of factors the most common
of
>which are:
>1. Insufficient memory.
>2. Incorrect drivers.
>3. Corrupted or missing Windows files.
>4. Programs attempting to exchange data they are not designed to read.
> If you were attempting to use Outlook Express as the time, make sure you close
>all other programs first before running it again. That'll reduce the chances of
the
>problem recurring.
>
>
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