That was worth a try, Harold. Fatal exceptions are really hard to troubleshoot. If it wasn't something easy like a resident software program causing it, it may well be hardware related, either a driver that is corrupt or even a physical fault in your computer memory. Have you upgraded any drivers recently? Have you deleted any driver type files or driver registry entries recently? ;-)
Here are a couple of links; http://aumha.org/win4/kbefe.php http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=150314 There used to be an article in the MS knowledge base on OD errors but it's gone. You'll see a link for it on one of the above pages and when you click on it, it's no longer there. Figures. I think the best thing to do is to live with it. If want to avoid it and shut down, just reboot and when the computer begins to start again, push and hold your power switch until it shuts off. And yes Harold, we were are smiling. ;-) Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B. Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PCWorks: Re: A fatal exception 0D at 2837:000029E AND WHAT HAPPENS? I took your advice, removed everything from the Task Manager list except Explorer and Systray (which I assume means nothing else is running, and no need to uncheck anything in msconfig startup as this is a "shut down" problem). As they say in Yiddish, "Zeh vet gournisht helfen" (nothing will help). Fortunately I very rarely shut off the computer as my "Standby" works very well. When resources are down, I just reboot. Question ... where does one go to find the meaning of these "Fatal Exceptions"? I would like to know for the future what file I have missing, or what file I have that might be interfering with the shut down process. ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
