an Error Message

i get this message every time i close ie:

Explorer

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.



I have Win98se and ie6. when i look at the details, i get this information:

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff9dfff.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=bff9dfff EFLGS=00000246
EBX=8164f07c SS=016f ESP=01ebf888 EBP=00000000
ECX=0000016f DS=016f ESI=00000001 FS=129f
EDX=01ebfa28 ES=016f EDI=bffca060 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
cc a1 e0 9c fc bf 8b 00 66 64 f7 05 1c 00 00 00
Stack dump:
027b0000 8164f0c0 7ffce5a4 00000000 8164d870 cc259000 00000000 00000000 81b114dc 00000000 00000000 bff55bd6 00000082 7fb910a1 00000588 00000082


how do i stop this from happening ever again?

thank you for any help you can give me

 

Look here and here. Good luck!

 

i already tried the first one when i did a search of this site to see if anyone else has similar trouble. it didnt help

the second one says it isnt there and to look through a list of things that didnt look like much help

thank you anyways though

 

Ok. Visit this page and clean up whatever is found. Drop to DOS and type the following commands:-

smartdrv
del c:\windows\*.swp
deltree c:\windows\temp\*.*
deltree c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
deltree c:\windows\history\*.*

Type WIN to start Windows again and run Internet Explorer's Repair Tool.

If the problem persists, go to Tools - Internet Options - Advanced and disable third-party browser extensions.

Oh ... and just for good measure, run an AV scan.

Post back with your results.

 

i have spybot, spyblaster, and ad-ware

they have found no threats but put up a list of registry files all leading back to internet explorer.

i went into the add/remove programs to find the Tools for Internet Explorer. when i tried to do that one I recieved this message:

Error Loading C:\Progra~1\Common~1\MSIETS\MSIELINK.dll

i did the Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Internet Tools thing in my add/remove programs thing. it did its thing i guess.

i went into dos and deleted those files


then i defraged

opened ie and got the error message again. closed it out and tried again so i could post this.

i dont know what i did to this thing. maybe it doesnt have enough room to run properly. i dont know. i barely know how these things work.

thank you for helping me. it means alot to me knowing there is someone out there that i can ask questions and get information to learn how to fix things myself. thank you.