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ACCLPM AKA UK Cynic - 23 Apr 2004 12:01 GMT

Running win98se ie6 oe6 on p3 box (all patches, critical updates etc
applied) home broadband connection.

OE returns error
"Msimn caused general protection fault in module GDI.EXE at
0009:00000ac7" and closes. Can't find anything on the KB.

Anyone have any suggestions, Please.

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Jim Pickering - 24 Apr 2004 22:15 GMT

You may need new video drivers. Check the website of your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings).
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers or a newer
display card. IE6 is very demanding of performance from older adapter
cards.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

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> Running win98se ie6 oe6 on p3 box (all patches, critical updates etc
> applied) home broadband connection.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Anyone have any suggestions, Please.

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ACCLPM AKA UK Cynic - 25 Apr 2004 01:34 GMT

Thanks Jim,
I'll try suggestions 1, 2, 4 'cos I've tried 3 without success.
Video adapter is S3 Savage with latest driver, so maybe updating
card is required.
I'll post again if this woks.

You may need new video drivers. Check the website of your video
board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings).
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98,
Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button)
You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers or a
newer
display card. IE6 is very demanding of performance from older
adapter
cards.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

Signature

Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.

> Running win98se ie6 oe6 on p3 box (all patches, critical updates etc
> applied) home broadband connection.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Anyone have any suggestions, Please.

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