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The memory could not be read.

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From Leo's mailbag:

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: March 21, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: The memory could not be read.
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> Dear Leo: I am an IT hardware/software tech who just
> configured a new PC for a user. This PC is two days old and
> she receiving an error message that she was getting on her
> old pc. I cannot find a solution for this problem. I have
> removed temp files, reinstalled IE, scanned and removed a few
> spyware files and reinstalled windows XP sp2. The memory is
> as follows:
>
> The instruction at "0x01451e10" referrenced memory at
> "0x00ddad58". The memory could not be read.
>
> I know the memory is good. Is there a setting that we correct this?

Normally there should be the name of an application
that was running that generated the error as part of that
error message box. If not, I would try using process explorer
(http://ask-leo.com/d-procexp) to determine which application
is generating that message when it happens. That should give
you more of a clue as to what is going on.

9 times out of 10 it's either a virus, spyware, or a bug in an
application or driver software.

Good luck!

Thanks for asking,

Leo

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