Guest wolfsigh Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Hey there, I am running XP Home SP 2. When I boot up Windows, I get the following error message when the desktop appears: The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The memory could not be "written". The error message started after I recently set up a home network and had problems connecting. I finally got connected when I "undid" settings from TCP Optimization software. I also enabled certain services under services.msc. I'm not sure which one made the difference, but something worked. Not sure which services I enabled either. The error message doesn't seem to make any difference other than being annoying. How can I stop it? Any help is greatly appreciated
Guest Wolfsigh Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 RE: application error message on startup "wolfsigh" wrote: > Hey there, > > I am running XP Home SP 2. When I boot up Windows, I get the following > error message when the desktop appears: > > The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The > memory could not be "written". > > The error message started after I recently set up a home network and had > problems connecting. I finally got connected when I "undid" settings from > TCP Optimization software. I also enabled certain services under > services.msc. I'm not sure which one made the difference, but something > worked. Not sure which services I enabled either. The error message doesn't > seem to make any difference other than being annoying. How can I stop it? > Any help is greatly appreciated P.S. Did memory scan and chkdsk/r, all good.
Guest Richardk Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 RE: application error message on startup Hi Wolfsigh, When the error message box appears does it say "svchost.exe - Application Error" on the title bar? This may be down to virus'/Trojans. If so I reccomend running these checkers to scan your machine. They are free to use. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/ http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner Let me know if this Helps. -- Richard Kent, Systems Administrator, SDT Ltd, http://www.sdt.co.uk "Wolfsigh" wrote: > > > "wolfsigh" wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > I am running XP Home SP 2. When I boot up Windows, I get the following > > error message when the desktop appears: > > > > The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The > > memory could not be "written". > > > > The error message started after I recently set up a home network and had > > problems connecting. I finally got connected when I "undid" settings from > > TCP Optimization software. I also enabled certain services under > > services.msc. I'm not sure which one made the difference, but something > > worked. Not sure which services I enabled either. The error message doesn't > > seem to make any difference other than being annoying. How can I stop it? > > Any help is greatly appreciated > > P.S. Did memory scan and chkdsk/r, all good.
Guest Wolfsigh Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 RE: application error message on startup "Richardk" wrote: > Hi Wolfsigh, > When the error message box appears does it say "svchost.exe - Application > Error" on the title bar? This may be down to virus'/Trojans. > If so I reccomend running these checkers to scan your machine. They are > free to use. > http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/ > http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner > Let me know if this Helps. > > -- > Richard Kent, > Systems Administrator, > SDT Ltd, > http://www.sdt.co.uk > Thanks for the reply. Did do 2 scans at TrendMicro. Malware was detected and removed. No fix on error however. I googled the error message and found out that disabling "Windows Driver Foundation-user-mode Driver Framework" in services.msc got rid of the error message. What exactly does this service do? Could this error message be related to a faulty onboard LAN adapter I have? I have disabled this device since I installed a new Netgear LAN Adapter. Thanks again for the help. > > "Wolfsigh" wrote: > > > > > > > "wolfsigh" wrote: > > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > I am running XP Home SP 2. When I boot up Windows, I get the following > > > error message when the desktop appears: > > > > > > The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The > > > memory could not be "written". > > > > > > The error message started after I recently set up a home network and had > > > problems connecting. I finally got connected when I "undid" settings from > > > TCP Optimization software. I also enabled certain services under > > > services.msc. I'm not sure which one made the difference, but something > > > worked. Not sure which services I enabled either. The error message doesn't > > > seem to make any difference other than being annoying. How can I stop it? > > > Any help is greatly appreciated > > > > P.S. Did memory scan and chkdsk/r, all good.
Guest Wolfsigh Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 RE: application error message on startup "Richardk" wrote: > Hi Wolfsigh, > When the error message box appears does it say "svchost.exe - Application > Error" on the title bar? This may be down to virus'/Trojans. > If so I reccomend running these checkers to scan your machine. They are > free to use. > http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/ > http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner > Let me know if this Helps. Thanks for the reply. Did 2 scans at Trend Micro. Some malware detected and removed. Did not fix error message. I googled the message and found out that disabling "Windows Driver Foundation-user-mode Driver Framework" in services.msc got rid of the error message, but did it fix the problem? I tried to re-enable the service just to see what would happen. Message stated it could not start because a device was not working. This could be the reason why the error occurs at startup. Seems coincidence that I was fiddling with the services when this started. Can't help but think the problem is with the Driver Foundation service or a bad onboard LAN adapter. Could this be related to the bad onboard LAN adapter. I have disabled the adapter since I installed a new Netgear adapter. (This was done before the error message occurred.) What is the Driver Foundation service used for? Thanks again. > > -- > Richard Kent, > Systems Administrator, > SDT Ltd, > http://www.sdt.co.uk > > > "Wolfsigh" wrote: > > > > > > > "wolfsigh" wrote: > > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > I am running XP Home SP 2. When I boot up Windows, I get the following > > > error message when the desktop appears: > > > > > > The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The > > > memory could not be "written". > > > > > > The error message started after I recently set up a home network and had > > > problems connecting. I finally got connected when I "undid" settings from > > > TCP Optimization software. I also enabled certain services under > > > services.msc. I'm not sure which one made the difference, but something > > > worked. Not sure which services I enabled either. The error message doesn't > > > seem to make any difference other than being annoying. How can I stop it? > > > Any help is greatly appreciated > > > > P.S. Did memory scan and chkdsk/r, all good.
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