illegal operation message

arkansascookie · 11-01-2006, 06:27 PM

I receive this message every time I open Word, Excel, or any other program. As soon as I hit ok, the program ends.
Any idea what is causing this?

dheerajnagpal · 11-02-2006, 05:51 AM

The most common cause of this error is when one application tries to access memory of another application.

This may be because of some corrupt DLL or corrupt Office itself. Try repairing or even better, re-installing your office installation.

Which other software are giving this error?

arkansascookie · 11-02-2006, 02:49 PM

This occurs with everything other than IE.
The ScanDisk is telling me drive C has bad sectors.

dheerajnagpal · 11-03-2006, 12:51 AM

Well, I think you have got your answer right in front of you. You can run a detailed scan of your disc so that scandisc mark those bad sectors as non-usable and use rest of your hard disc but frankly speaking, I am not sure about the positives and feasibility of this approach in long run.

I would suggest you to get your disc replaced as that would be best.

arkansascookie · 11-03-2006, 07:06 AM

ScanDisk has identified the bad sectors and marked them off. It still does this.
Since this is such an old machine does it make more sense to buy new with the software installed that I would need, or replace the hard drive?

dheerajnagpal · 11-03-2006, 09:36 AM

Frankly speaking, it has to be totally your decision on whether to just buy a new hard disc or to invest in a new machine altogether. The only suggestion i can give here is to look at the software you are running on your machine and answer these questions to see whether you need a new machine or not.

Are you satisfied with the performance of your machine with respect to the software you are running?
If you have a faster machine, will you be able to utilize it more by using different software?
Are you using any of the 16 bit DOS sofware as they will fail miserably on XP machines?

One more possibility is to buy a hard disc now and later on, when you are buying a new PC, use this hard disc there.

Cheers
Dheeraj

arkansascookie · 11-03-2006, 09:42 AM

thanks for your time and guidance!
cheers,
arkansascookie

beecher · 11-17-2006, 08:06 AM

If you change hard drives you better keep the one that came out of your machine. Microsoft hides everypale you've been and if there's sensitive material like your ssn or credit card purchases they are on your hard dive and I coul retrieve every place you've been. Don't beleive me! Boot you manchine into DOS not ms-dos and type the following:CD\WINDOWS
TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5 hit enter then type EDIT /75.INDEX.DAT. You be taken to a blue screen with a bunch of binary thenhold down the page down key and look at what's there.

beecher · 11-17-2006, 08:09 AM

type CD\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5

11-01-2006, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
arkansascookie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win98	illegal operation message I receive this message every time I open Word, Excel, or any other program. As soon as I hit ok, the program ends. Any idea what is causing this? Last edited by arkansascookie; 11-01-2006 at 06:44 PM.

11-02-2006, 05:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
dheerajnagpal Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 48 OS: Win XP-Prof SP2 My System	The most common cause of this error is when one application tries to access memory of another application. This may be because of some corrupt DLL or corrupt Office itself. Try repairing or even better, re-installing your office installation. Which other software are giving this error? __________________ Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it is the feeble voice at the end of the day that says “I will try again tomorrow”

11-03-2006, 12:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
dheerajnagpal Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 48 OS: Win XP-Prof SP2 My System	Well, I think you have got your answer right in front of you. You can run a detailed scan of your disc so that scandisc mark those bad sectors as non-usable and use rest of your hard disc but frankly speaking, I am not sure about the positives and feasibility of this approach in long run. I would suggest you to get your disc replaced as that would be best. __________________ Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it is the feeble voice at the end of the day that says “I will try again tomorrow”

11-03-2006, 09:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
dheerajnagpal Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 48 OS: Win XP-Prof SP2 My System	New Machine or not Frankly speaking, it has to be totally your decision on whether to just buy a new hard disc or to invest in a new machine altogether. The only suggestion i can give here is to look at the software you are running on your machine and answer these questions to see whether you need a new machine or not. Are you satisfied with the performance of your machine with respect to the software you are running? If you have a faster machine, will you be able to utilize it more by using different software? Are you using any of the 16 bit DOS sofware as they will fail miserably on XP machines? One more possibility is to buy a hard disc now and later on, when you are buying a new PC, use this hard disc there. Cheers Dheeraj __________________ Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it is the feeble voice at the end of the day that says “I will try again tomorrow”

11-02-2006, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
arkansascookie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win98	This occurs with everything other than IE. The ScanDisk is telling me drive C has bad sectors.

11-03-2006, 07:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
arkansascookie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win98	ScanDisk has identified the bad sectors and marked them off. It still does this. Since this is such an old machine does it make more sense to buy new with the software installed that I would need, or replace the hard drive?

11-03-2006, 09:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
arkansascookie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Win98	thanks for your time and guidance! cheers, arkansascookie

11-17-2006, 08:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
beecher Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: windows me	If you change hard drives you better keep the one that came out of your machine. Microsoft hides everypale you've been and if there's sensitive material like your ssn or credit card purchases they are on your hard dive and I coul retrieve every place you've been. Don't beleive me! Boot you manchine into DOS not ms-dos and type the following:CD\WINDOWS TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5 hit enter then type EDIT /75.INDEX.DAT. You be taken to a blue screen with a bunch of binary thenhold down the page down key and look at what's there.

11-17-2006, 08:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
beecher Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: windows me	type CD\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5