Windows XP / Getting Started

Invalid Page Fault

This message has to do primarily with virtual memory, or disk storage that is used to bolster physical RAM. When a program attempts to access a chunk of virtual memory that does not exist, has been damaged, or is used by another program, you see the "Invalid Page Fault" gem of a message. There is nothing you can do about it.

Page is a term closely associated with virtual memory in Windows. Though virtual memory is one big, contiguous chunk of disk space, it is accessed through smaller chunks, called pages.

Fatal Exception 0D

Fatal Exception 0D occurs when a program does something unusual or unexpected. In this case, the problem can be local to the display, to multimedia, or to other device drivers being corrupt or evil.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Some Error Messages
  2. Invalid Page Fault
  3. General Protection Fault
  4. Windows Protection Error
  5. The Program Has Performed an Illegal Operation and Will Be Shut Down
  6. Errors Involving KERNEL32.DLL
  7. Bad or Missing Command Interpreter