PRB: Books Online Causes an IPF at 00DE:00000003

ID: Q193358

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

The Visual Basic Books Online causes an Invalid Page Fault (IPF) in module unknown at the address 00DE:00000003. This occurs after installing the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Pre-Test software for the following book by Sybex:


   MCSD: SQL Server - 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
   By Kevin Hough
   ISBN: 0-7821-2269-8

Installing and attempting to use any of the addins in the following book may also cause the error to occur:


   MCSD: Visual Basic 5 Study Guide 
   By Michael McKelvy

CAUSE

The Sybex software contains a non-released beta version of the Visual Basic run-time DLL, Msvbvm50.dll (version 6.00.73.22), which replaced any previous versions during setup.

RESOLUTION

To correct the problem, you should remove the Msvbvm50.dll file from your Windows system directory and re-install the correct run-time file. You can download the latest version of this file from Microsoft. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for details:

Q180071 FILE: Msvbvm50.exe Installs Visual Basic 5.0 Run-Time Files

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSD kb3rdparty kbVBp kbVBp500

Keywords : kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb