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Article #1376Re: Error in Win3.1 GDI.EXE ?? Help!
From: Heath Ian Hunnicutt
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 04:21
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 04:21
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un040337@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes: > I need some help with Windows 3.1! Every now and then an application will > quit on me and windows reports: > Illegal Instruction Error > in module GDI.EXE > Address 0001:0624 Well, that address appeares to be in the SetDCState() code, so that might explain why you don't see the error very often. (The code is not called all that often, to be exact.) In fact, the function is not officially documented, so whoever is calling it is probably either a Windows 2.0 app, or a device driver. And therein lies the clue. You might be getting this message as a result of a corrupt video driver harrassing GDI. Try changing drivers, or reinstalling your driver from a floppy. The file of interest is probably called VGA.DRV. Good luck, Heath -- -- From the Home for Amnesiac Computer Scientists.... heathh@cco.caltech.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!heathh From: heathh@cco.caltech.edu (Heath Ian Hunnicutt) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Error in Win3.1 GDI.EXE ?? Help! Message-ID: <1992Sep9.042142.4021@cco.caltech.edu> Date: 9 Sep 92 04:21:42 GMT References: <1992Sep8.091600.3582@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> Sender: news@cco.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: punisher