OFF2000: Invalid Page Fault in AOL After Installing Microsoft Office 2000

ID: Q217480

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000

SYMPTOMS

After you install Microsoft Office 2000 and attempt to launch America Online, the following error message may be displayed:

WAOL caused an invalid page fault in module msvcrt.dll at 015f:78001230.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when the following conditions are true:

You have installed America Online Preview Version. This Preview version shipped with Microsoft Windows 98.

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The version of msvcrt.dll that AOL installs is overwritten, during the installation of Microsoft Office 2000.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

Obtain and install an updated version of America Online.

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Use the Microsoft System File Checker tool to restore the original Windows 98 version of msvcrt.dll.

Note: For information about how to use System File Checker, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q185836: Description of the System File Checker Tool (Sfc.exe)

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb