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Design Manager/Flow Engine 6.0.1: GROWSTUB General Protection Fault, pointer.dll


Record #709

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  FPGA Core

Problem Title:
Design Manager/Flow Engine 6.0.1: GROWSTUB General Protection Fault,
pointer.dll



Problem Description:
Problem:
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:

Solution:
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 fil
e 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 #709