PRB: Books Online Causes an IPF at 00DE:00000003 (193358)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0

This article was previously published under Q193358

SYMPTOMS

The Visual Basic Books Online causes an Invalid Page Fault (IPF) in module unknown at the address 00DE:00000003. This occurs after installing the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Pre-Test software for the following book by Sybex:

   MCSD: SQL Server - 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
   By Kevin Hough
   ISBN: 0-7821-2269-8

Installing and attempting to use any of the addins in the following book may also cause the error to occur:

   MCSD: Visual Basic 5 Study Guide 
   By Michael McKelvy

CAUSE

The Sybex software contains a non-released beta version of the Visual Basic run-time DLL, Msvbvm50.dll (version 6.00.73.22), which replaced any previous versions during setup.

RESOLUTION

To correct the problem, you should remove the Msvbvm50.dll file from your Windows system directory and re-install the correct run-time file. You can download the latest version of this file from Microsoft. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for details:

180071 FILE: Msvbvm50.exe Installs Visual Basic 5.0 Run-Time Files

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	3/16/2005
Keywords:	kbprb KB193358