Error 1400. Invalid Windows Handle

[Guest]

Dear all,

I recently bought a piece of software which after a hard reboot I cannot
start any longer. It gives me an error "1400. Invalid Window Handle". The
vendor of the failing program (written in Delphy AFAIK) claims there is a
problem with my OS (which is XP SP2, with most updates installed). However
she refuses to be specific about the nature of the problem or possible
workarounds.

Can anyone suggest if there is in fact a problem with my XP and I should
re-install something, may be some of the updates or whatever?

Thanks,

 

[Guest]

Dear all,

I recently bought a piece of software which after a hard reboot I cannot
start any longer. It gives me an error "1400. Invalid Window Handle". The
vendor of the failing program (written in Delphy AFAIK) claims there is a
problem with my OS (which is XP SP2, with most updates installed). However
she refuses to be specific about the nature of the problem or possible
workarounds.

Can anyone suggest if there is in fact a problem with my XP and I should
re-install something, may be some of the updates or whatever?

Thanks,

Given that:
- The "piece of software" is the only problem after the "hard reboot"
- It behaved as expected before the reboot
- It appears in the Add/Remove Programs icon (Start\Control Panel -)
- The downloadable version being used at initial install is still available

I would recommend remove the "piece" and re-install.

Regards,
Ka2H

 

[Guest]

Hi mate,

Thanks for your advice, but no luck.
I´ve reinstalled the application, still same crappy error bugs me to death.

As it turns out, "the application" is in fact a simple exe file, which I
successfully ran on another PC. There must be something broken in my XP which
that application is using, and I really have no clue what it is.

What I could do, is reinstall all the updates after SP2, but there is a
hundred of them, and I´m not even sure if this can help. Besides, should I
reinstall all the updates every time my XP freezes and I need to reboot it,
naah.

Any advice is much appreciated.