EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

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Sam

I've been getting some serious errors with Windows XP (sp1) when I use MS
Excel. The screen freezes and looks blocky. The only recovery is to reboot.
Below is the full error message.

I have not been able to figure out what's causing this. I tried totally
re-installing MS Office, just in case there was a corrupt file there. No
luck. I tried rolling back the nVidia video card driver to the last stable
version (40.72) without any success.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Sam
 
Sam said:
I've been getting some serious errors with Windows XP (sp1) when I
use MS
Excel. The screen freezes and looks blocky. The only recovery is to
reboot.
Below is the full error message.

I have not been able to figure out what's causing this. I tried
totally
re-installing MS Office, just in case there was a corrupt file there.
No
luck. I tried rolling back the nVidia video card driver to the last
stable
version (40.72) without any success.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Sam
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What version of DirectX is installed? Excel is notorious for
display-related crashes. These can be corrected by not invoking zoomed
spreadsheet views - not related to DirectX AFIK. Sometimes it helps to
run the video acceleration down one or two notches and 16-bit color.

If the problem persists in other applications, then you might need to
update DirectX.

Q
 
This is definitely a problem in either the graphics driver or the graphics
subsystem that needs to be debugged further.
Your return E-mail is not valid, so I don't know how to get more information
from you.

-Andre
 
This is definitely a problem in either the graphics driver or the graphics
subsystem that needs to be debugged further.
Your return E-mail is not valid, so I don't know how to get more information
from you.
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-Andre
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Thanks. To reply via email, just take the NOT(s) out of the email address
of (e-mail address removed).

Sam
 
Thanks. To reply via email, just take the NOT(s) out of the email address
of (e-mail address removed).
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Whoops! My bad. I'd left out a digit in the correct email address.

Sam
 
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