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"Mcd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I tried to open Internet Explorer this AM, it would not open. A box
> came up that said "This program has performed an illegal operation and
> will
> be closed" When I click on details, it says
>
> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
> module SHELL32.DLL at 0167:66801af2.
> Registers:
> EAX=0000caef CS=0167 EIP=66801af2 EFLGS=00010216
> EBX=00437844 SS=016f ESP=0175e2a8 EBP=0175e2c4
> ECX=0000caed DS=016f ESI=00443518 FS=334f
> EDX=00450005 ES=016f EDI=ffffffff GS=0000
> Bytes at CS:EIP:
> 66 8b 0a 66 85 c9 75 f1 c2 04 00 83 7c 24 04 00
> Stack dump:
> 66801ab9 00443518 ffffffff 7150c92c 7157cc4f 00443518 00000000 0175e2fc
> 71522701 0175f41c 0175f41c 7150c91c 00437844 0175f41c 00000000 00000000
>
> When I click to close the info box it says "An error has occured in
> Internet
> Explorer, Internet Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
> problems, please restart your computer".
>
> Tried restarting, powering off, etc, no change. Tried running repair under
> add/remove programs, no change.
> Surprisingly, Outlook Express seems to work fine, and all else seems ok,
> too. I do not have any other web browsers installed on this computer. I
> did
> try running Ad-aware, Spybot Search and Destroy.
>
> Any help/info appreciated, Todd Mcd
>
> !!!!! This problem has been occuring for at least an hour or two. I tried
> to
> open IE preoperties just before sending this, so I could state the proper
> version, and now it's working properly. I guess I'm ok now, but wonder why
> it happened in the first place!?
>
>