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"DCL" <DCL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917EED85-357C-451A-B9BB-60DD9E269566@microsoft.com
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> Every time I close IE7 I get an error saying: "The instruction at 0x43666454
> referenced at 0x00000148 could not be read."

Interpreting the crash "address" as ASCII yields: CfdT
It could be a coincidence but I suspect it represents stack corruption.
Depending on the byte order it was stored by it may be seen
as a permutation of those letters elsewhere in a dump. Etc.

Usually we guess that this is a symptom of interference by third-party
programs and with IE7 suggest that you try running first with No Add-ons
e.g. Run... iexplore.exe -nohome -extoff and see if closing that
causes the symptom. Then try being selective about which Add-ons
you leave enabled in order to figure out which one might be the problem
cause. Etc.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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> Seven, I appreciate your response. Changing to the Windows Update did work,
> and the download and installation of updates went fine. I did a response to
> you and Robin day before yesterday, but when I posted it, I got one of those
> lovely screens saying that the webpage could not be displayed, which
> apparently shot my response right out the back door into never-land as I
> could not recover it. I have not had a chance to try it again until now.
> Anyway, thank you again for the help. Please keep reading as I have another
> quirk below...
>
> Robin, Thank you also for responding, and I will add more information now,
> as I would like to go back to WU if possible, and I have a secondary thing
> going on also that I will add here, in case it has anything to do with the WU
> problem, and fixing it also will go a long ways towards lowering my current
> frustration level.
>
> I am using a Dell 6000 laptop running Xp SP2 with IE7. I use Norton AV
> (Systemworks), Zonealarm free, Windows Defender, and Spybot. I have Windows
> Firewall shut off. I regularly use MU, and keep all the rest up to date
> reasonably frequently also. I check for spyware frequently, and run NAV
> occasionally. I have done all (repeatedly) since these little difficulties
> started, cleaning the tracking cookies out, but not finding any viruses.
>
> In the beginning I tried several of the suggestions posted here, including
> deleting the IE7 temp files and browsing history. I downloaded the
> WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe file and tried installing it, but kept getting
> an error saying: "Install failed. Error 0x80070020." So, I did a little
> research on that and tried turning off all of the spyware and anti-virus
> programs, re-downloading it, and reinstalling it. Same error. So, I then
> tried using the "/wuforce" option. Same error. I probably tried other thing
> suggested here also, but these are the high points that I can recall, since
> it is all pretty much running together in my brain at this point:) As noted
> above, switching to Windows Update did allow me to get updates.
>
> Now for the other quirk that may or may not be associated with this, but
> started at the same time. Every time I close IE7 I get an error saying: "The
> instruction at 0x43666454 referenced at 0x00000148 could not be read." I
> click OK to terminate the program and it goes away. If I have two instances
> of IE7 running at the same time (not two tabs) I can close one of them
> without the error. IE7 seems to work fine other than this.
>
> This response ran a little long, but hopefully it will help figure out what
> is going on.
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts towards this.
>
> "Seven13054" wrote:
>
>> Go to the Microsoft Update Screen. Click on "Change Settings" on the left.
>> On the next screen, click on "Disable MS Update and let me use Windows
>> update only"
>> at the bottom of the screen. I also have set my updates on manual rather
>> than automatic, to prevent future automatic hangups.
>>
>> "Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > DCL <DCL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have tried most if not all of the suggestions in this forum and
>> > > still cannot get MS update to work on my Dell laptop.
>> >
>> > Much fuller detail is required to offer any help to you.
>> > What version of Windows is this?
>> > Exactly what symptoms are seen when MS Update does not work?
>> > Give the precise text of any error messages.
>> >
>> > > As for the laptop, I have tried accessing Windows Update (v4) from a
>> > > favorite link I still had, but I get redirected to MS Update v6 every
>> > > time.
>> >
>> > The old v4 will be of no help to you.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>> > rdhw@cam.ac.uk
>> >
>> >
>> >