Illegal operation Mmtask

A box pops up saying illegal operation Mmtask?? How do i
fix this?

When you get an "illegal operation" error message, click the "Details" button, and
post back with the exact details word for word, up to but not including the memory
registers. Also include when it happens/what you are doing, and what programs are
open at the time.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Robert" wrote in message
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A box pops up saying illegal operation Mmtask?? How do i
fix this?

This appears when I boot up..... before I get a chance to
do anything...
MMTASK caused an invalid page fault in
module unknown at 0000:01261aa0.
Registers:
EAX=00008000 CS=017f EIP=01261aa0 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00008000 SS=0187 ESP=80612b48 EBP=bff84a5f
ECX=c15f8340 DS=0187 ESI=82a5d2f0 FS=281f
EDX=00002827 ES=0187 EDI=82a5d2fb GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bfdf2a09 82a5d2f0 bff76ec4 00000002 004ff6b0 00000001
81818dc8 bfdf2a8b 004ff6b0 7b621178 82a5d1b8 00000080
00000001 bff76ec4 82a5d1b8 00000001
-----Original Message-----
When you get an "illegal operation" error message, click
the "Details" button, and
post back with the exact details word for word, up to but
not including the memory
registers. Also include when it happens/what you are
doing, and what programs are
open at the time.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Robert" wrote in
message
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A box pops up saying illegal operation Mmtask?? How do i
fix this?

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mmtask.tsk is the multimedia background task support module for Windows 98. It
loads with Windows. Can you start Windows in either normal mode or Safe Mode....you
didn't mention in your post.

If you can start Windows in either mode, do this:
Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK.
In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the
"Software Environment" category.
In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list
on the right.
Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the
right.
Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'.
Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to
paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread.

Did you install, uninstall, or change any software or hardware just prior to this
problem? (That includes installing updates).

The only thing I find in the MSKB that may have relevance even if the situation is
different, is this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186126
You might try the procedure listed in the resolution section of that article.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Robert" wrote in message
...
This appears when I boot up..... before I get a chance to
do anything...
MMTASK caused an invalid page fault in
module unknown at 0000:01261aa0.
Registers:
EAX=00008000 CS=017f EIP=01261aa0 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00008000 SS=0187 ESP=80612b48 EBP=bff84a5f
ECX=c15f8340 DS=0187 ESI=82a5d2f0 FS=281f
EDX=00002827 ES=0187 EDI=82a5d2fb GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
bfdf2a09 82a5d2f0 bff76ec4 00000002 004ff6b0 00000001
81818dc8 bfdf2a8b 004ff6b0 7b621178 82a5d1b8 00000080
00000001 bff76ec4 82a5d1b8 00000001
-----Original Message-----
When you get an "illegal operation" error message, click
the "Details" button, and
post back with the exact details word for word, up to but
not including the memory
registers. Also include when it happens/what you are
doing, and what programs are
open at the time.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Robert" wrote in
message
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A box pops up saying illegal operation Mmtask?? How do i
fix this?

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