re: Zone [Alarm] won't (always) load on [Startup]
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Marjorie
(14 messages posted)
Thanks, gewg.
I'll uninstall Zone and do
Steps 1,2, and 3. I'll be back....
On Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 9:38 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>Marjorie_6173 wrote:
>|I run ZoneAlarm version:6.1.737.000 and Avast.
>|Everytime I do any PC maintenance, like ccCleaner or defrag,
>|Zone won't load on boot until after maybe 5 reboots, when it is magically fine.
>|
>The intermittent nature of this bothers me. More below.
>
>|Meantime, it gives me:
>|"ZLCLIENT caused an invalid page fault in module FRAMEWRK.DLL[...]
>|
>Typically, the list of things to do with an error message like that goes this way:
>
>1) Do a Registry restore.
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1109567064
>(The problem in that thread is different, but the steps are the same.)
>
>Another version--including *a caveat*.
>(The sooner you act on problems that you notice, the easier they are to fix.)
>cache
>of www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1047869242
>
>2) Reinstall the application program.
>
>
>This is a reference to a list of things it *could* be:
>cache
>of www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-002
>
>3) Do a SCANDISK on your hard drive using the Thorough option.
>That option is a "surface test"
>and is a check that addresses the intermittent nature of this problem. In effect,
>it checks to see how the magnetic oxide layer on the disk's platter is ageing.
>
>This test should be #4 on the list, but it's easier to do than a RAM test.
>(You already have the tool for a surface test.)
>IMO, the next item down would be more likely to turn up the real culprit
>--if this is, in fact, hardware-related.
>
>4) Test your RAM overnight.
>This is best done using a specially-made bootable floppy:
>http://www.memtest86.com/download.html
>You want the one for the floppy for Windows.
>
>Here's the directions for making the bootable floppy from the file you download:
>cache
>of www.digital-handyman.com/ftp/Memtest86%2520-%2520Memory%2520Diagnostic%2520Page.txt
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