Games/Programs that improperly accessing memory

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Hi Leanne,

"Leanne" <lhamby@consolidated.net> wrote in message news:0c7101c49b71$6cd7fac0$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
| My little one has a game (Lion King Activity Center) that
| appears to be causing a GPF. Dr. Watson indicates that the
| program is improperly accessing memory, however, the
| "detailed" analysis of Dr. Watson reveals that this game
| used an uninitialized variable, attempted to access memory
| or a DLL that has been freed, or encountered some other
| nonspecific error. Can anyone explain this to me? I can't
| seem to locate a solution or any other information specific
| to this problem in Microsoft's Knowledgebase. Thanks!
|

Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem still persists
please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good luck! :-)

1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

2. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.

3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
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