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[dab]

does anyone have any idea how to fix this without re-installing win.98? every time I go to sys. tools, sys. info, I get this window :MSINFO32 caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 015f:bff87edc.
Registers:
EAX=c00300ec CS=015f EIP=bff87edc EFLGS=00010202
EBX=0065fe28 SS=0167 ESP=00560000 EBP=00560088
ECX=816e79f8 DS=0167 ESI=816e8308 FS=4c2f
EDX=bff76859 ES=0167 EDI=005600a0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
e8 ca 07 00 00 85 c0 74 08 ff 75 08 e8 19 e8 fe
Stack dump:
00000001 0000000e 005600a0 005600bc 00560264 816e8308 0065fe28 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

[Sterling_Aug]

Are you overclocking? If you are, try a lower FSB setting.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Windows.

Why do you think I am trying to set up and run Linux as my operating system of choice? I hate Win98 crashes.

[dab]

no, not overclocking, as a matter of fact I havent changed anything, I just dont understand how something can get screwed up when you dont do anything!!!

[socalgal]

Hi dab,

From MSKB: http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q191/9/86.ASP

To resolve this problem, extract a new copy of the Msinfo32.exe file from your Windows 98
disks or CD-ROM. To use the System File Checker tool to extract a new Msinfo32.exe file
from the Windows 98 CD-ROM, follow these steps:

1.Click Start, click Run, type "sfc.exe" (without quotation marks) in the Open box,
and then click OK.

2.Click "Extract one file from installation disk," type "msinfo32.exe" (without
quotation marks) in the "Specify the system file you would like to restore" box,
and then click Start.

3.In the Restore From box, type the path to the Win98 folder on the Windows 98
CD-ROM.

4.If necessary, type "<drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Msinfo" (without quotation marks) in the Save File In box (where <drive> is
the drive letter of the drive containing the Windows 98 Program Files folder), and
then click OK.

5.Click OK, click OK, and then click Yes when you are prompted to restart your
computer.


MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to extract original compressed Windows files in Windows
98, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q129605
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

Let us know if it works.

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[dab]

socalgal, thank you, thank you, thank you, I should send you a dozen roses! it worked, thanks, David.

[socalgal]

Glad to hear it worked for you dab, and you're welcome. [img]/forum/smile.gif[/img]

[pickel]

It's really great to read about a "Triumph" over the forces that be in the " Beige Box
of Doom" I can almost feel 'Dab's' relief!!
Roses and a bottle of Champange for Socalgal,
she always seems to be there when you need her.

The Pickel