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


Record #709

Product Family: Software

Product Line: M1 Graphical/General

Product Part: Design Manager

Product Version: 6.0.1

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 file containing the upd ated 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 - Last Modified: 01/15/97 19:51

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