WOWEXEC causing general protection fault

[slepee]

Please advise: when trying to install a program on
Windows XP Home edition I get this error: WOWEXEC caused
a general protection fault in module
mmsystem.dll@000A:0032. I can't get the program to
install at all....any ideas what it causing this?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

That file is associated with your video drivers.
Go to the video card/computer manufacturer website and get the latest
Windows XP drivers.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Whatever program you are trying to install must be an old DOS program.
wowexec.exe = Windows Win16 Application Launcher

[[Application Error
WOWEXEC caused a General Protection Fault in module WOWEXEC.EXE at
0001:066E. Choose close. WOWEXEC will close.]]

Executing a 16-Bit Process with a Large Command Line on Windows NT/2000/XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198429