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"Ken Pryor" <KenPryor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 530 that belongs to a friend. It's running XP Pro
> and has 3gb ram. Nearly every time you shutdown, reboot or log off, this
> error pops up:
>
> "Explorer.EXE-Application Error
> The instruction at 0x01359430 referenced memory at 0x01359430. The memory
> could not be written." (The memory address changes from one time to the
> next)
>
> I have searched till I can't see straight and can't find the solution to
> this. I've run chkdisk, defragged and also sfc but to no avail. I have
> removed all unnecessary items from startup and services in msconfig, but
> the
> problem still exists.
>
> Any guidance on resolving this would be greatly appreciated.