Error: Attempted to read or write protected memory

[moose74]

G'Day,

I have recently downloaded GameEx for the first time. I set it up with no issues and it launches my mame32plus stuff perfectly. After a reboot, upon launching GameEx it crashes and I get the following log entries. I have the same problem on three different PCs. They all run genuine XP. I have run diagnostic software on the ram and HD with no errors detected.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: Playing intro sound file

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: --**--

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: Error: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0(Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 stride, Int32 format, HandleRef scan0, IntPtr& bitmap)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at l.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at l..ctor()

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: Closing database connection

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: GameEx is exiting with errors

18:52:05.2 7/03/2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

[Brian Hoffman]

G'Day,

I have recently downloaded GameEx for the first time. I set it up with no issues and it launches my mame32plus stuff perfectly. After a reboot, upon launching GameEx it crashes and I get the following log entries. I have the same problem on three different PCs. They all run genuine XP. I have run diagnostic software on the ram and HD with no errors detected.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: Playing intro sound file

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: --**--

18:52:03.1 7/03/2008: Error: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0(Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 stride, Int32 format, HandleRef scan0, IntPtr& bitmap)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at l.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: at l..ctor()

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: Closing database connection

18:52:03.2 7/03/2008: GameEx is exiting with errors

18:52:05.2 7/03/2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

Are they all the same brand pc? or are alll of them infected with the same viruses? (meaning do you share files amongst these pc's) its a strange problem to have.. Especially on diffrent machines. Can you tell us a little about your hardware?

thanks

[bkenobi]

Post the whole log file.

[headkaze]

I've never seen this error before. Maybe Tom needs to look at this?

[moose74]

Are they all the same brand pc? or are alll of them infected with the same viruses? (meaning do you share files amongst these pc's) its a strange problem to have.. Especially on diffrent machines. Can you tell us a little about your hardware?

thanks

I have this same problem on 3 PCs.

2 x Intel P4 on Intel mainbords, 500Mb Ram, XP Home 2002. AVG Free, Sybot S&D.

1 x Lenovo Intel core 2 T5600 @ 1.8GHz Notebook, 1G ram, XP Pro SP2. AVG Free, Sybot S&D.

These PCs are networked and I have copied my mame32plus installations across to each.

A virus is definately possible, but I have no other symptoms.

Full log attached.

Oh, and if I "delete all game data", I am able to launch GameEx. I can then Update the game list and all is fine.....until I reboot and then the error appears again.

Thanks,

Moose.

log.txt

[headkaze]

3 PC's with the same problem and I have never seen this error before. Looks like it could be a virus I'm afraid. Run a virus scanner and SpyBot S&D.

BTW What codecs are you using for video playback?

[lingpanda]

I have this same problem on 3 PCs.

2 x Intel P4 on Intel mainbords, 500Mb Ram, XP Home 2002. AVG Free, Sybot S&D.

1 x Lenovo Intel core 2 T5600 @ 1.8GHz Notebook, 1G ram, XP Pro SP2. AVG Free, Sybot S&D.

These PCs are networked and I have copied my mame32plus installations across to each.

A virus is definately possible, but I have no other symptoms.

Full log attached.

Oh, and if I "delete all game data", I am able to launch GameEx. I can then Update the game list and all is fine.....until I reboot and then the error appears again.

Thanks,

Moose.

Do you have the tea timer on with SBSD?

[bkenobi]

That's a good thought. I had some problems when I used SpyBot and one of it's add-ons (perhaps it was called Tea Timer). Try running without either anti-virus package and see if that helps.

[moose74]

I do have tea timer running.

I will remove it first and see if that fixes it. Maybe tea timer is messing around with something. Then I might try removing any other common programs.

Thanks guys. I will let you know.

Moose.