OK, I reformatted yesterday because I was getting a error message. Unfortunately, I have to restart after I get it because all program are unusable, so I am unable to get a screenshot. I am now getting this error message again.

0x0000142 Click on OK to terminate the application.

When I terminate the application, I can still no longer use any application and have to restart my computer. This will then again happen after a couple hours.

What could be causing this? Is it a conflict with a application? Bad memory? Or could it be from my XPCD?

Thank you

What were you doing at the time you received this error message?

What were you doing at the time you received this error message?

Hey T. I was watching a movie. I also have to restart every morning after leaving my computer on for the night. It seems to just happen no matter what I have done or am doing.

Also, I have not cleared the reg etc. All I have done since I reinstalled was defrag. Hoping that maybe that was a issue the last time.

Edited December 28, 200718 yr by LUZR4LIFE

Do you use nLite or any other addons? If so, install with a CLEAN (no addons, nothing removed, no silent installs, etc) XP CD.

Do you use nLite or any other addons? If so, install with a CLEAN (no addons, nothing removed, no silent installs, etc) XP CD.

Yes, I made a XPCD. I will try a clean install, later but hoping to find a fix. Thanks.

I definitely agree that a vanilla install of Windows is the very best.

I definitely agree that a vanilla install of Windows is the very best.

Thanks T. Also, I find your site very informative.

Sorry that you've got to format and reinstall. Unfortunately this is the reason why I and many other technicians inform people that "tweaking" Windows and stripping/removing things does more harm than good.

Thanks for the positive feedback about my site, it's always nice to hear.

Moved to XP forums, as it would be a bit more appropriate there since you need a clean normal Windows install.

A side note - that error maps to EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, so it could have been anything (although it was likely a driver, no way to know for certain now). Glad you got it up and running, though.