Microsoft Knowledge Base Email Alertz

After you install the 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia version 7.01, your computer restarts, and you may then receive one or more of the following general protection (GP) fault error messages:

Search KbAlertz

Advanced Search

Receive Microsoft Knowledge Base articles by E-Mail?

Every night we scan the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If technologies you're interested in are updated, we'll send you an e-mail. You only get one e-mail a day, and only when new articles are added.

Click here to create a
FREE account
Already have an account?
[Click here to Login]











Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material.
©2005-©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks

Article ID: 186126 - Last Review: January 23, 2007 - Revision: 1.3

Error Message After Installing Grolier Encyclopedia Version 7.01

System TipThis article applies to a different version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may not be relevant to you. Visit the Windows Vista Solution Center
This article was previously published under Q186126
If this article does not describe the error message that you are receiving, view the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to view more articles that describe error messages:
315854  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=315854/EN-US/ ) Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center

SYMPTOMS

After you install the 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia version 7.01, your computer restarts, and you may then receive one or more of the following general protection (GP) fault error messages:
IS20DEL caused a segment not present fault in module USER.EXE at 0004:00002ca4
-or-
MMTASK caused a general protection fault in module MMSYSTEM.DLL at 0004:00001837
-or-
MMTASK caused a segment not present fault in module KRNL386.EXE at 0002:00000d82

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the Msacm.dll file is loaded into memory by Windows 98 or Windows Me when it starts. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Setup program overwrites and then restores this file while it is resident in memory, and this causes the copy of the file that is resident in memory to become unstable.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue in Windows 98, use the Microsoft System File Checker tool to restore the following original Windows 98 files:
  • Msacm.drv
  • Msacm.dll
For information about how to use System File Checker, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 185836  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=185836/EN-US/ )
TITLE : Description of the System File Checker Tool (Sfc.exe)
To Resolve this issue in Windows Me, use the following steps:
  • Click Start, click Run, type msconfig.exe, and then click OK.
  • Click Extract File to restore the following original Windows Me files:

    • Msacm.drv
    • Msacm.dll
For information about how to extract files in Windows Me, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 129605  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=129605/EN-US/ )
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party product discussed in this article is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Keywords: 
kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbgpf kbprb KB186126
       

Community Feedback System

Very often, it takes hours to solve a problem. Very often, you've looked high and low, and have tried a lot of solutions. When you finally found it, chances are, it was because someone else helped you. Here's your chance to give back. Use our community feedback tool to let others know what worked for you and what didn't.

Please also understand that the community feedback system is not warranted to be correct, it's simply a system that we've built to let people try and help each other. If something in a feedback response doesn't make sense to you, or you're not comfortable making changes that the feedback talks about (like registry edits), please consult a professional.

Thank you for using kbAlertz.com Feedback System.

-- Scott Cate