Error Message After Installing Grolier Encyclopedia Version 7.01 (186126)

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315854 Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center

SYMPTOMS

After you install the 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia version 7.01, your computer restarts, and you may then receive one or more of the following general protection (GP) fault error messages:

IS20DEL caused a segment not present fault in module USER.EXE at 0004:00002ca4

-or-

MMTASK caused a general protection fault in module MMSYSTEM.DLL at 0004:00001837

-or-

MMTASK caused a segment not present fault in module KRNL386.EXE at 0002:00000d82

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the Msacm.dll file is loaded into memory by Windows 98 or Windows Me when it starts. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Setup program overwrites and then restores this file while it is resident in memory, and this causes the copy of the file that is resident in memory to become unstable.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue in Windows 98, use the Microsoft System File Checker tool to restore the following original Windows 98 files:

Msacm.drv
Msacm.dll

For information about how to use System File Checker, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 185836
TITLE : Description of the System File Checker Tool (Sfc.exe)

To Resolve this issue in Windows Me, use the following steps:

Click Start, click Run, type msconfig.exe, and then click OK.
Click Extract File to restore the following original Windows Me files:
- Msacm.drv
- Msacm.dll

For information about how to extract files in Windows Me, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 129605
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

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