[StickPlusOne]

Alrighty.

So, my computer is about a month old... it's a Dell Inspiron E1705, and the specs are:

Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 2.16GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory
100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive.

I'm running XP Professional.

I installed a few programs after getting it, among them, AIM, WinRAR, OpenOffice 2.0, Spybot, Myst Masterpiece Edition, Azureus, Guild Wars, (last two now uninstalled) and Picasa.

All of a sudden, a couple of days ago, I began getting this message:

"The instruction at "0x73e68d90 referenced memory at "0x0000000." The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program."

I click OK, but it'll happen again a few hours later-- I know this because I leave my computer for days at a time, and when I wake up, my screen saver's off... and I know that just isn't kosher.

So... any guidance is greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated... Hope my explanation and such is enough for you to go by. I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty good with computers, so don't worry about dumbing anything down for me .

Thanks in advance.
--Samantha

 

[kniht]

Have you checked for any errors in Event Viewer that pertain to the error message?

Take note of the Event ID and Google it.

 

[StickPlusOne]

There's nothing in there [now] about spoolsv.exe ... I did a little research, and apparently it's got something to do with my printer. I looked in the printer folder, and it says my printer is ready, yet... my printer isn't even attached. Hmm.

Hey, you're from the mountains of NC? Whereabouts? I go to Linville every year, a short drive from Grandfather Mtn. It's lovely.

 

[kniht]

Since you don't have a printer connected, you could stop and disable the Print Spooler service.

Linville, nice place. I'm near where "The Fugitive" was filmed, not far from the Chattahoochee River. The train wreck in "The Fugitive" was filmed near Dillsboro and the train still sits where they crashed it.

 

[schusterjo]

you sure thats the exact number it gives?
"0x73e68d90"

 

[StickPlusOne]

I'm almost positive. I'm waiting for it to happen again so I can screencap it to make sure.

 

[StickPlusOne]

Since you don't have a printer connected, you could stop and disable the Print Spooler service.

Linville, nice place. I'm near where "The Fugitive" was filmed, not far from the Chattahoochee River. The train wreck in "The Fugitive" was filmed near Dillsboro and the train still sits where they crashed it.

I can't disable spoolsv.exe (it won't let me).

And that's awesome!

 

[Billy the Adult]

Have you tried doing a system restore to a few days before this started?

 

[StickPlusOne]

Have you tried doing a system restore to a few days before this started?

I would totally do that, but I don't remember when it started.

Plus... aside from it being annoying, it doesn't really do anything (that I know of)... so it's not exactly a pressing matter. Just wanted to see if it was a big issue, really.

 

[Billy the Adult]

Well if it's only a month old then you won't have a lot of restore points to choose from.. If it keeps being a bother try one.. Good luck

 

[JohnWill]

I'd start with some basics, run a memory test for a couple of hours.

Microsoft Memory Diagnostic

MEMtest86

 

[StickPlusOne]

By the by, I screencapped it. Here it is :

I don't have a blank CD so I'll have to wait to do the mem test.

Thanks again guys!