Internet Explorer / Windows Explorer

Lately I have been experiencing a problem on my Laptop when I try to open Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer. First, an illegal Operation error occurs, displaying the following error message:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module MFC42.DLL at 017f:6c3cbf55.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=6c3cbf55 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=6c3cbf4d SS=0187 ESP=00fae584 EBP=00fafd24
ECX=0052fd58 DS=0187 ESI=00fafd18 FS=520f
EDX=81962008 ES=0187 EDI=00fae8b8 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 10 83 c1 34 51 8b c8 ff 75 0c ff 52 74 8b 4d
Stack dump:
7800c469 00fae8b8 00fafd18 00fae5a0 00fafd18 6c3cbf4d 00fafd24 00fae5c8 7800a82b 6c3cbf4d 00fafd18 00000100 00fae60c 7800a83a 6c424f50 00fafd18

Once I acknowledge this message, a second error appears that displays the following message:

There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using will be closed.

Some of the symptoms are the following:

 If I click outside the second error message, I can still use both Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer, but cannot close any windows until I acknowledge the second message. In the mean time I can use the windows normally, minimizing them and moving them, but Cannot close them. My computer routinely locks up when there’s a few windows on the screen at once, and I have to perform a cold boot by turning it off. (Task Manager does nothing to help).
 If I acknowledge the second message by clicking "OK" it closes the window associated with it.
 The more windows I have up at the same time, the more Second messages I get.
 I’ve replaced the following files that I determined were possibly corrupted MFC42.DLL / MSVCRT.DLL and MSVCP60.DLL. Replacing these files did nothing.
 I have also run various Virus programs, but have found nothing.
 I’m running Windows 98 second Edition, on a Compaq Armada E500.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as my Network Administrator would like to re-format my computer to rectify this problem.

 

Hoagy--Possibly of some help
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/mfc42.htm#ERREXPLORER
MFC42.DLL is a Visual C++ file

 

Corrupted Operating System.

Who thought they were corrupt ? If it was SFC that thing LIES big time. If some of the files that thing has told me were corrupt actually were I would not have been running Windows AT ALL.

I think your best bet is to re-install Windows FROM DOS so that it puts a full set of compatable files back in.

The two files shown in the error messages are probably not the real problem. Something else is incompatable with them.

Explorer is an Internal OS file.

Iexplore is Internet Explorer.

Those two quite often get confused.

I would try an over top re-install first. It is not working correctly right now so you have nothing to lose. No need to lose everything if it can be prevented.

BillyBob

 

Just want to say the same thing has just happened to me and I have not done anything different and have not loaded anything just been doing a bit of E mail and playing games. Mine does it when I try to go into my computer. Get same message and than it freezes.
Had same thing happen a few weeks ago to my sons we ended up having to reformat his so can anyone explain why this is happening.We could not reload windows on his haven`t tried it on mine yet but would be nice to know why this is happening.