Program show "illegal operation" alerts

I use some utility, it came without readme and support(even dont know does
it support win98 or for 2K/XP only). It work, but periodically I get
"illegal operation" errors/ alerts, and program need be closed. (it seems
errors was due overflow, but I'm not sure). I still use this program because
can no find the replacement. So question is can the "illegal operation"
errors cause some system files damage or other problems?

"mistral" wrote in message
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I use some utility, it came without readme and support(even dont know does
it support win98 or for 2K/XP only). It work, but periodically I get
"illegal operation" errors/ alerts, and program need be closed. (it seems
errors was due overflow, but I'm not sure). I still use this program
because
can no find the replacement. So question is can the "illegal operation"
errors cause some system files damage or other problems?

An app that runs OK sometimes and at times
produces this error advertises its own warning of inferior
programming. Good programmers never overwrite
system files but can you know as much about inferior
programmers?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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"mistral" wrote in message
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I use some utility, it came without readme and support(even dont know
does
it support win98 or for 2K/XP only). It work, but periodically I get
"illegal operation" errors/ alerts, and program need be closed. (it
seems
errors was due overflow, but I'm not sure). I still use this program
because
can no find the replacement. So question is can the "illegal operation"
errors cause some system files damage or other problems?

An app that runs OK sometimes and at times
produces this error advertises its own warning of inferior
programming. Good programmers never overwrite
system files but can you know as much about inferior
programmers?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Probably, programmer is not good. Application is single executable.

mistral

It is likely that these errors would only affect the files that were being
accessed by this program at the time the error occurred. Less likely is
that it would affect other files that may be open (which you can partly
protect against by not running other applications when running this
program). Least likely is that it will affect files not currently in use,
or the file system in general.

Without knowing what the reason for the fault is, it's not possible to
predict what the effects might be. It is certainly possible that an error in
an application can cause corruption to the file system, but if you haven't
seen a problem by now then I would guess it's not going to suddenly start
happening.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"mistral" wrote in message
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I use some utility, it came without readme and support(even dont know does
it support win98 or for 2K/XP only). It work, but periodically I get
"illegal operation" errors/ alerts, and program need be closed. (it seems
errors was due overflow, but I'm not sure). I still use this program
because
can no find the replacement. So question is can the "illegal operation"
errors cause some system files damage or other problems?