Error message when logging off Windows XP

[Guest VeryBusyMom]

Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my

computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime

I log off:

 

"Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory

could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug.

 

What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either

option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing

this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off?

 

Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

[Guest Mir Mehdi]

RE: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

1. Click "Start" and click "Run".

2. In the Open box, type "Regedit" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

3. Navigate to the following registry key by expanding the "+" beside the

registry

tree in the left pane:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

Note: right click on "Desktop", click "Export", and then save it to the C:\

drive

as a backup. (In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click

it to

restore the registry key)

4. Highlight Desktop in the left pane and double click the value

"AutoEndTasks" in

the right pane.

5. Set the value from 0 to 1.

6. Exit Registry Editor and restart the computer to test this issue.

 

Let me know what happens and does this fix it.

--

Mir Sajjad Mehdi

Microsoft XP Platform Support

 

 

"VeryBusyMom" wrote:

> Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my

> computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime

> I log off:

>

> "Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory

> could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug.

>

> What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either

> option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing

> this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off?

>

> Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

[Guest VeryBusyMom]

RE: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

I was doing fine, until I got to Step 4. I found the Desktop in the left

pane, but couldn't find the "AutoEnd Tasks" value to double click. Did I do

something wrong?

 

Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to clean up

pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully uninstall. How

safe are these and would this help with my problem.

 

Finally, does it hurt to have this error pop up everytime I log off? It

just seems to be a nusance, but will it harm my system? Thanks!

 

 

 

"Mir Mehdi" wrote:

> 1. Click "Start" and click "Run".

> 2. In the Open box, type "Regedit" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

> 3. Navigate to the following registry key by expanding the "+" beside the

> registry

> tree in the left pane:

> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

> Note: right click on "Desktop", click "Export", and then save it to the C:\

> drive

> as a backup. (In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click

> it to

> restore the registry key)

> 4. Highlight Desktop in the left pane and double click the value

> "AutoEndTasks" in

> the right pane.

> 5. Set the value from 0 to 1.

> 6. Exit Registry Editor and restart the computer to test this issue.

>

> Let me know what happens and does this fix it.

> --

> Mir Sajjad Mehdi

> Microsoft XP Platform Support

>

>

> "VeryBusyMom" wrote:

>

> > Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my

> > computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime

> > I log off:

> >

> > "Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory

> > could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug.

> >

> > What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either

> > option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing

> > this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off?

> >

> > Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

[Guest nass]

RE: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

 

Mir meant you need to extend the registry to get to the Desktop and click on

to see the entries in the right pane one of them or the second is the

"AutoEnd Task", your key will look like this:

[-]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop= in the right pane look for the

entry from the top labled/called "AutoEnd Tasks" after "ActiveWndTrkTimeout".

Make the changes and Close the registry editor and reboot your machine,

report back your findings.

 

Here is my take on this:

 

If you get Memory Cannot be read or written. As the name refer to, it is a

memory problem, some applications/programs

didn't release the memory in timely fashion causing the Error to be thrown by

the system error reporting tools.

Also it could be the work of malwares, badly written application installed

on your system including third party toolbars installed beside Internet

explorer, do you have other toolbars installed try to uninstall them, memory

gone bad or loose in their slots/dust also can cause this.

1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies

by doing this:

Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet

Connections >> Double click Internet Options.

On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:

General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |

Advanced

Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.

Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:

[&] Browsing

[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.

Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non

Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the

culprit and update it or remove it.

How to manage Add-Ons:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:

 

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Run disk clean up and check disk on start up.

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

 

Download this tool to clean the orphans:

http://www.ccleaner.com

Please select custom install and deselect which option you don't want to

install.

 

Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it

later for this step to copy the error message on it.

Open a run command and type in:

eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.

click on each of these:

Application

System

Security

Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow

exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the

causer.

On the Event error properties message you will see:

Up Arrow

Down arrow

Two pages

Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad

you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from

the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.

Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

 

Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the

error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

 

3... You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memtest by

downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on

Reboot.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp.

You may need to reposition/reset the RAM sticks in their slots.

HTH.

Let us know.

Regards,

nass

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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

"VeryBusyMom" wrote:

> I was doing fine, until I got to Step 4. I found the Desktop in the left

> pane, but couldn't find the "AutoEnd Tasks" value to double click. Did I do

> something wrong?

>

> Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to clean up

> pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully uninstall. How

> safe are these and would this help with my problem.

>

> Finally, does it hurt to have this error pop up everytime I log off? It

> just seems to be a nusance, but will it harm my system? Thanks!

>

>

>

> "Mir Mehdi" wrote:

>

> > 1. Click "Start" and click "Run".

> > 2. In the Open box, type "Regedit" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

> > 3. Navigate to the following registry key by expanding the "+" beside the

> > registry

> > tree in the left pane:

> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

> > Note: right click on "Desktop", click "Export", and then save it to the C:\

> > drive

> > as a backup. (In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click

> > it to

> > restore the registry key)

> > 4. Highlight Desktop in the left pane and double click the value

> > "AutoEndTasks" in

> > the right pane.

> > 5. Set the value from 0 to 1.

> > 6. Exit Registry Editor and restart the computer to test this issue.

> >

> > Let me know what happens and does this fix it.

> > --

> > Mir Sajjad Mehdi

> > Microsoft XP Platform Support

> >

> >

> > "VeryBusyMom" wrote:

> >

> > > Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my

> > > computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime

> > > I log off:

> > >

> > > "Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory

> > > could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug.

> > >

> > > What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either

> > > option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing

> > > this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off?

> > >

> > > Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

[Guest Mir Mehdi]

RE: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

If you dont have AutoEndTasks, on the right hand side you can create it.

Click on Edit->New->String Value.

In the name type "AutoEndTasks" and then data should be 1.

Try this...

 

But it will not harm your computer even if you get this message.

--

Mir Sajjad Mehdi

Microsoft XP Platform Support

 

 

"VeryBusyMom" wrote:

> I was doing fine, until I got to Step 4. I found the Desktop in the left

> pane, but couldn't find the "AutoEnd Tasks" value to double click. Did I do

> something wrong?

>

> Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to clean up

> pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully uninstall. How

> safe are these and would this help with my problem.

>

> Finally, does it hurt to have this error pop up everytime I log off? It

> just seems to be a nusance, but will it harm my system? Thanks!

>

>

>

> "Mir Mehdi" wrote:

>

> > 1. Click "Start" and click "Run".

> > 2. In the Open box, type "Regedit" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.

> > 3. Navigate to the following registry key by expanding the "+" beside the

> > registry

> > tree in the left pane:

> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

> > Note: right click on "Desktop", click "Export", and then save it to the C:\

> > drive

> > as a backup. (In case we need to undo the modification, we can double click

> > it to

> > restore the registry key)

> > 4. Highlight Desktop in the left pane and double click the value

> > "AutoEndTasks" in

> > the right pane.

> > 5. Set the value from 0 to 1.

> > 6. Exit Registry Editor and restart the computer to test this issue.

> >

> > Let me know what happens and does this fix it.

> > --

> > Mir Sajjad Mehdi

> > Microsoft XP Platform Support

> >

> >

> > "VeryBusyMom" wrote:

> >

> > > Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my

> > > computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime

> > > I log off:

> > >

> > > "Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory

> > > could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug.

> > >

> > > What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either

> > > option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing

> > > this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off?

> > >

> > > Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

VeryBusyMom wrote:

> Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to

> clean up pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully

> uninstall. How safe are these and would this help with my problem.

>

 

Someone else? Who?

 

Certainly none of the experts here would recommend the casual use of any

registry cleaner. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find any expert who

would recommend the use of a so-called "registry cleaner" for any purpose.

 

"Registry cleaners" accomplish nothing good and often do great harm. Great

harm that is non-repairable.

[Guest RJK]

Re: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

Wrong ! Whilst "registry cleaners," often do a lot of damage in the wrong

hands, they can help a LOT in quickly locating superfluous, and sometimes

troublesome registry entries often left behind by application "uninstalls"

which are often nothing more than a token gesture "uninstall".

 

As long as a "registry cleaner" is used in a "manual" fashion, and are not

allowed to charge ahead on its' own , i.e. one carefully inspects all the

changes proposed by a "registry cleaner," ...I've always found my two

favourite ones extremely useful, ...and one of them has never yet proposed

an erroneous registry key deletion.

 

So whilst I always advise against using them, I regularly use one, (in

"manual" mode), myself !! :-)

 

regards, Richard

 

 

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:esYYtK64IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> VeryBusyMom wrote:

>

>> Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to

>> clean up pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully

>> uninstall. How safe are these and would this help with my problem.

>>

>

> Someone else? Who?

>

> Certainly none of the experts here would recommend the casual use of any

> registry cleaner. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find any expert

> who would recommend the use of a so-called "registry cleaner" for any

> purpose.

>

> "Registry cleaners" accomplish nothing good and often do great harm. Great

> harm that is non-repairable.

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Error message when logging off Windows XP

 

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:53:17 +0100, "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Wrong ! Whilst "registry cleaners," often do a lot of damage in the wrong

> hands, they can help a LOT in quickly locating superfluous, and sometimes

> troublesome registry entries often left behind by application "uninstalls"

> which are often nothing more than a token gesture "uninstall".

>

> As long as a "registry cleaner" is used in a "manual" fashion, and are not

> allowed to charge ahead on its' own , i.e. one carefully inspects all the

> changes proposed by a "registry cleaner,"

 

 

....and the user has the technical skills to evaluate what the registry

cleaner suggests.

 

Given that for the enormous majority of users out there, all those

conditions are not met, I will continue to advise against their use.

They are extremely dangerous.

 

> ...I've always found my two

> favourite ones extremely useful, ...and one of them has never yet proposed

> an erroneous registry key deletion.

>

> So whilst I always advise against using them, I regularly use one, (in

> "manual" mode), myself !! :-)

>

> regards, Richard

>

>

>

> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:esYYtK64IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > VeryBusyMom wrote:

> >

> >> Someone else also suggested downloading a free registry cleaner to

> >> clean up pieces of previously uninstalled programs that didn't fully

> >> uninstall. How safe are these and would this help with my problem.

> >>

> >

> > Someone else? Who?

> >

> > Certainly none of the experts here would recommend the casual use of any

> > registry cleaner. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find any expert

> > who would recommend the use of a so-called "registry cleaner" for any

> > purpose.

> >

> > "Registry cleaners" accomplish nothing good and often do great harm. Great

> > harm that is non-repairable.

> >

>

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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