Dos prompt window crashes everytime 1

[dgold]

On my new Windows 98 installation, whenever I attempt to open a Dos prompt window, I get the message &quot;This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down&quot;. Windows works great in all respects. I have 48 MB ram, Pentium 200 CPU, HP Vectra PC. Any ideas? Thanks.<br>
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Dgold<br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

Open windows explorer, find out where he dosprmpt.pif file is , right click it, goto properties, check stuff like memory, screen size, etc, sometimes, it may be trying to use too much memory, or has a bad font size, or something, but if you want you can set all those options to auto. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a><br><a href=

http://kb244.8m.com>

</a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(hehe, yea it was 4.5 too, least i didnt start with COBOL)

 

[glearias]

Can you click on details and get the module where the illegal operation occurred.

 

[dgold]

Thanks for replying. The error is caused by Symantec LiveUpate. A fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:XXXXXX<br>
VXD SYMEvent(02)+XXXXX.<br>
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I removed the offending program and deleted the corresponding registry key:<br>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vxd\Symevent<br>
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[glearias]

If you've already deleted the symevent key, than check you're system.ini, in the [386enh] section for symevnt.386. Add a ; in front of it. I would double the registry to make sure that key is gone and then restart.

 

[dgold]

Thanks for all your help. Problem resolved.<br>
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DG<br>