General Protection Fault! History: appInit

[meagan]

Hey everyone i am new here, my name is Meagan

I have xp and i am trying to play the pc game harry potter and the philospher's stone! but it comes up with the critical error, general protection fault! histor: appInit message and the game won't start

Any help??

Thanks in advance.
Meagan

 

[Anon_F]

PC Specs & Operating System may help us to help you?

 

[meagan]

Thanks for replying
I am not sure that this is what you wanted! But here it is:

System:
Microsoft Windoes XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Computer:
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
2.39 GHz, 224 MB of RAM

Is that right?

Thanks.

 

[muckshifter]

"224 MB of RAM" ... ouch, I rarther think you don't have enough ram.

 

[meagan]

How do i get more RAM? LOL

It is weird though because at the same time i can still play harry potter and the chamber of secrets and that was loaded up after i got the error message for harry potter and the philosopher's stone!

Thanks.

 

[Abarbarian]

Here is a bit of info on RAM . Yours is probably DDR RAM .

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/167/2

 

[meagan]

Thanks for that link with the info it was very helpful
I am unsure what to do though still! I guess i might just leave it, I have uni assignments to do anyway so probably better if i don't have games to play haha

Thanks for everyones help.
xo

 

[Abarbarian]

If I am right and you are useing DDR RAM then any of these will speed up your pc all round and not just for games .

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...=cF9zdHlsZT1saXN0JnBfcHJvZHVjdHNQZXJQYWdlPSY=

This is a great price , and two of these will make your pc fly along for very little money .

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Arianet+Lifetime+512MB+PC3200+?productId=19969

 

[meagan]

Thanks!! Wow, I thought I would be spending 100s so that is really excellent I live in Australia so I hope I can buy the same product! I am sure I should be able to!!

You've been a huge and awesome help!! Thanks again

 

[Abarbarian]

Download and install this ,

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Everest-Home-Edition.shtml

Its a free program that will tell you loads of stuff about your pc . Most importantly it will tell you exactly what sort of RAM your pc uses .

Did a quick look at Aus suppliers and found this company ,

http://www.techbuy.com.au/search.as...$0.00&max=$0.00&srchNumRecs=20&rbSrchType=ALL

The Corsair value Select range they are selling looks very well priced in comparison to the others they are selling . Its always best to spend time shopping around though .

 

[meagan]

So sorry if this is a dumb question! But i have the report so where do i see what RAM my computer uses?
And also these devices, how are they installed? Like would I need to hire someone to install it or would it be easy for a beginner with basic computer technology make-up to install it?
Someone suggested to me, that I can buy external ones?!

Ahhhhhhhh