DDHELP caused a general protection fault

[Nancy]

When I browse with Internet Explorer 6.0, I get an error
signature with the details showing that the program has
performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. It
also states that DDHELP cause a general protection fault
in modulte GDI.EXE at 0001:00001bef.

Can anyone tell me how to correct the problem?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Have a look at this fix.

Games: Error Message: Ddhelp Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module Gdi.exe
DDhelp caused an invalid page fault in module Gdi.exe.
DDhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe.
DDhelp has caused an invalid page fault in module Ddraw.dll.
DDhelp cause an invalid page fault in module unknown.
DDhelp caused an error in filename.
DDhelp caused an exception 038 in module file name where file name is a .dll
file that your computer's video driver uses.
DDhelp error: an error has occured in your program, click ignore to
continue. When you click Ignore, the computer stops responding ("hangs").
More About DDHelp: DDHelp.exe is DirectDraw's "helper" program. Its purpose
is to make first contact with the video driver, assess its DirectDraw
capabilities, and send the driver into DirectDraw compatibility mode.
This is very simplistic. However, when a user has display issues in a game
or a game doesn't launch, it may be because the game cannot get the video
driver to switch to the proper resolution to run it. This will sometimes
manifest itself as an error in the file DDHelp.
Another one of DDHelp's functions is to perform the resolution switching
chores for DirectDraw and Direct3D.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286006 (9/12/2003)