I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows xp media
edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory could
not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.

"dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows xp
media
> edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
> The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory could
> not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
> Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.

Try booting in Safe Mode. If this does not help then you might
have a faulty memory chip. Your PC dealer would be able to
help you with this one.

I have found that the windows update service can sometime cause this
message. A work around is to switch the windows update to manual. reboot
the pc and see if the same message occurs.

I have not found a permanent fix as yet.

Malcolm


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>
> "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E682A7E-1639-4B75-87D6-969CC40EE076@microsoft.com...
>> I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows xp
> media
>> edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
>> The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory could
>> not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
>> Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.
>
> Try booting in Safe Mode. If this does not help then you might
> have a faulty memory chip. Your PC dealer would be able to
> help you with this one.
>
>

I managed to get in on safe mode but what do i do next, i think its to do
with the windows update service, but when i opened the services window on my
computer there is nothing there.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E682A7E-1639-4B75-87D6-969CC40EE076@microsoft.com...
> > I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows xp
> media
> > edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
> > The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory could
> > not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
> > Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.
>
> Try booting in Safe Mode. If this does not help then you might
> have a faulty memory chip. Your PC dealer would be able to
> help you with this one.
>
>
>

How exactly did you open the "Services window"?


"dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39D88DF2-ED14-4CA3-B980-946186EC36D9@microsoft.com...
> I managed to get in on safe mode but what do i do next, i think its to do
> with the windows update service, but when i opened the services window on
my
> computer there is nothing there.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:6E682A7E-1639-4B75-87D6-969CC40EE076@microsoft.com...
> > > I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows
xp
> > media
> > > edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
> > > The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory
could
> > > not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
> > > Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.
> >
> > Try booting in Safe Mode. If this does not help then you might
> > have a faulty memory chip. Your PC dealer would be able to
> > help you with this one.
> >
> >
> >

A similar message can be caused by the windows update service. try
switching it off and see if he problem re-occurs.

if it is this you will need to do manual updates but at least it might get
you up and running again.

Malcolm


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> How exactly did you open the "Services window"?
>
>
> "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39D88DF2-ED14-4CA3-B980-946186EC36D9@microsoft.com...
>> I managed to get in on safe mode but what do i do next, i think its to do
>> with the windows update service, but when i opened the services window on
> my
>> computer there is nothing there.
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:6E682A7E-1639-4B75-87D6-969CC40EE076@microsoft.com...
>> > > I formated my hard drive and reinstalled my operating system windows
> xp
>> > media
>> > > edition, but when i tried to logon i get an error message saying
>> > > The instruction at 0x772637b4 ref memory at 0x 00000000 the memory
> could
>> > > not be written. Now i cant even open up my computer
>> > > Can anyone help im ready to throw this machine out the window.
>> >
>> > Try booting in Safe Mode. If this does not help then you might
>> > have a faulty memory chip. Your PC dealer would be able to
>> > help you with this one.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>