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Program under Windows error: GROWSTUB General Protection Fault, pointer.dll


Record #653

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  FPGA Core

Problem Title:
Program under Windows error: GROWSTUB General Protection Fault,
pointer.dll



Problem Description:
While running a program under Windows, it fails with a GROWSTUB error:

	GROSTUB Caused a General Protection Fault in Module "pointer.dll"

Cause:
This is caused by the Microsoft mouse driver 9.01 GROWSTUB component.


Solution 1:

Quit all applications and exit Windows.  Then do one of the following:

1. Remove the POINTER.EXE from the load= line in the win.ini file and restart
Windows.

-or-

2. On the Xilinx BBS is a file named hd1061.exe. It is a self-extracting zip
file containing the updated software from Microsoft. Execute the file in dos,
then install the new driver according to the readme.txt file included in
the zip archive.




End of Record #653