| What do you do when you try to run a program | | | | 1) The program that the user tries to run has |
| on your computer and then you get the below | | | | corrupted; |
| error message "the instruction at '0x...'referenced | | | | 2) The program that the user wants to run exists |
| memory at '0x...' The memory could not be | | | | some bugs; |
| 'written'/'read'. Click OK to terminate the | | | | 3) There is a conflict between the program which |
| program"? Actually, in such a case, you have to | | | | the user wants to run and the operating system |
| close the program you tend to run without any | | | | or some other programs; |
| other choice. | | | | 4) There are problems existing in the relative |
| What causes the problem? Generally speaking, the | | | | software which the opening program is trying to |
| reasons can be divided into two aspects: one is | | | | work with. For example, when a user wants to |
| attributed to hardware which has something | | | | display a format of a file but he/she fails, the |
| wrong; the other is from the faults of software. | | | | possibility is that the video codec of the file |
| The following will discuss the reasons one by one. | | | | corrupts; |
| A. Reasons for hardware faults: | | | | 5) The computer is affected by viruses; |
| 1) The memory, hard disk or driver have been | | | | 6) There is a conflict between the anti-virus |
| broken; | | | | software and the operating system or the |
| 2) The memory has quality defect; | | | | program which the user wants to run; |
| 3) The computer has heat dissipation problem; | | | | 7) The operating system itself has some bugs. |
| 4) There is a bad connection between memory | | | | 8) Memory errors occur in the system. One of |
| and main board; | | | | the examples is called memory leak which |
| 5) There is a conflict between the two different | | | | happens when the computer procedure puts the |
| memory or a conflict between memory and | | | | memory in an unqualified place. The phenomenon |
| other hardware; | | | | often occurs in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. |
| B. Reasons for software faults: | | | | |