i have just upgraded to Internet explorer 6 & now persistently receive the following error before explorer closes: EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module MSVCRT.DLL at 0167:78015ca2. Registers: EAX=0000a7b0 CS=0167 EIP=78015ca2 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00000010 SS=016f ESP=01c99400 EBP=01c99410 ECX=7803a13e DS=016f ESI=70a9a7b0 FS=3c1f EDX=0000000f ES=016f EDI=01c9944a GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 66 8b 0c 41 f6 c1 04 74 6b 8d 48 d0 3b cb 0f 83 Stack dump: 01c994b4 70a9f33b 00000000 00000000 01c9946c 78015c08 01c99448 00000000 0fffffff 00000000 63713aa9 01c99448 00000000 00000010 00000002 6368fc58 This problem is as a result of losing outlook express due to constant pc crashes & poor boot-ups. I am trying to avoid re-installing my O/S as i have never tried this before and am worried i will not get back on the net at all! My pc is 5 years old & i am running win 98 se & have 320 ram. Any advice appreciated.

You might find the cause of your problem in here. HTH. Lightspeed. http://oldfiles.org.uk/lightspeed/main.html http://oldfiles.org.uk/lightspeed/lightspeed95.html

The article specifies 'third party software' versus IE or Explorer. It does specify AOL as one of those 3rd party softwares. So if you are using AOL in conjunction with IE then it certainly applies. Otherwise I see no specific references to IE or Explorer and MSVCRT.DLL on a subsequent search. Bryan

Maybe an IE repair : Start Run msinfo32 Tools. Or OE can be uninstalled with add/remove Windows Setup. Then reinstall. This last may mess up your email ... i don't know. Best

thanks, ive run the IE repair in msinfo32 and it is unable to repair IE6 and suggests a re-install. Im not sure if this will work as i have installed twice already. I will try for a third time.

There were different releases/versions of that dll. It`s possible that a program you have installed replaced it. You might try sfc and restoring the original version