problem after installing

[kenefone]

After I install Uplink I get an error message about an illegal operation... here it is:


UPLINK caused an invalid page fault in
module UPLINK.EXE at 0177:0054d9c0.
Registers:
EAX=ffff37f4 CS=0177 EIP=0054d9c0 EFLGS=00010293
EBX=5ffcf200 SS=017f ESP=0079fe18 EBP=ffff37f4
ECX=00000005 DS=017f ESI=004e7034 FS=4ae7
EDX=003f483c ES=017f EDI=00401048 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 02 83 c2 04 89 07 83 c7 04 83 e9 04 77 f1 01
Stack dump:
00401000 00000000 004002eb 0079ff78 0079fe3c 00000000 81753910 c16c8974 004002d9 bff8b560 00000000 817538b0 00690000 696c7055 45006b6e 00004558


please help

[Blix2020]

I regret to inform you but your not the only one here that has been having problems.  As a matter of fact iv seen alot of people with that same error.  But u might try getting the latest patch for it I think its 1.31,  But that is about all i can do for u cuz i dont know jack about any of this stuff.
Sorry
Blix

[Stewsburntmonkey]

I assume there is no debug.log file (it would be in the Uplink\users directory.  :)

[Scooter]

I'm having the same problem. Please help.

[Deepsmeg]

Win 9x:
Start -> Run -> Command

Win NT
Start -> Run -> cmd

Both
Format c: /q /v:smeg_rules

[Iris]

sounds almost the same as in the other recent posts made. you notice it's becoming more frequent, Stews? I'm beginning to suspect that this is no longer a question of drivers or software incompatibility, there must be something (you know what i mean) being passed around for people to play with.

[Confederate EDA]

Let me guess.  You downloaded the game from the Iinternet, right?  More than likely, if uninstalling the game completely (and deleting directory), then reinstalling doesn't work, this could be because it was downloaded.  Which of y'all got the game off the Internet?

[Stewsburntmonkey]

There are a lot of things that can cause page faults.  Bad memory can cause them, but that is all most certainly not the case here.  It could be a driver issue, a bug in the Uplink code (this is certainly a possibility, which we can test when the DevCD is released), or it corruption of game files from a downloaded installation.  Specific system information would be required to begin to figure out which one it is.  :)

[Iris]

bad memory, driver issue, i'll buy that. but a bug in the uplink code that corrupts the other programs? hmmmm.....i dunno, Stews.....

[Stewsburntmonkey]

Basically its like Confederate EDA said in another topic, most system settings are loaded from system files into RAM at startup, from then on they are accessed in RAM.  If a program exits baddly it can corrupt the settings in memory and cause errors when other application try to access the settings.  This often happens with graphics as the control of the graphics card is passed between applications.  :)

(Edited by Stewsburntmonkey at 11:06 am on May 7, 2003)