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Neo · Daedalian Member

No, i'll still be here, I just won't be chatting.

Why?

Well, I got a new mouse, and this all may be coincidence, but right after I installed it, all chat software died.

Trill, yahoo. Yup. Gone.

I'm back to my old mouse now, all remnants of the new one as gone as I can make them. I even completly wiped trill from my system. I try to install Trill .74, b ut it says this

quote:
TRILLIAN-V0 caused an invalid page fault in
module TRILLIAN-V0.74D.EXE at 0167:0040529c.
Registers:
EAX=0000000b CS=0167 EIP=0040529c EFLGS=00010246
EBX=bff55836 SS=016f ESP=0064e7b8 EBP=0064f4b0
ECX=00000009 DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=18df
EDX=00000001 ES=016f EDI=0064e7d4 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
f3 a5 8b 4c 24 54 89 54 24 2c 89 44 24 28 8d 54
Stack dump:
0064e7c8 0064e7c8 00000630 0000062c ffffffff bff726c4 bff521ac 00647000 bff52526 00647000 00000000 00000c8f 00416070 0000062c 00416070 0000062c

I try going back to .73, shouldn't have to redownload or anything. Same error. I can't even get through install on either one. Then I try Yahoo, maybe somebody can help me. It loads and connects fine, and then

quote:
YPAGER caused an invalid page fault in
module YPAGER.EXE at 0167:005244e7.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=005244e7 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0080be34 SS=016f ESP=0080bdf0 EBP=0080bdf8
ECX=0080be24 DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=3a0f
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=0080be24 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 46 14 99 6a 64 59 f7 f9 ff 75 10 6a 04 83 c0
Stack dump:
00567118 00545629 0080be18 00524b0e 00567670 00567118 00000000 00000104 00000000 0080c080 0080be38 00524b60 00567670 0080bf7c 00000104 00545628

And now, I haven't the faintest idea what to do.

The Ktulu · Daedalian Member

Take a blow torch to your computer and watch that baby melt! Then go buy a new one, but don't melt it.

Death Mage · Raving Lunatic

Get read for "stupid questions 101"...

What is the current year set to on your computer?

Other than that, I don't do tech support anymore.

Neo · Daedalian Member

HOLY SHIT! Current date: August 4, 2041!

The Ktulu · Daedalian Member

Abort Operation Plastic Melt.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Okay, I recall something important about the date being screwy like that, but I don't know what for sure. Care to tell me?

Death Mage · Raving Lunatic

Certain programming has a flaw in it. The date process is done by counting the number of seconds from a certain date (in most cases, 0:00 Jan 1, 1980). This leads to a problem with dates about mid 2032, as the system counts as high as it can. So computers with a date after 2032 will often run into problems with some of the software that has that program glitch.

Was your date really set to 2041?

Neo · Daedalian Member

I tell hte computer the right damn year, and it fixes. Odd.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Yes, really was 2041.

Death Mage · Raving Lunatic

*bows* Yes, that year of working tech support paid off. You end up learning little tricks like that. It's not always the right answer, but it's obscure enough that when I ask it, once in a while it helps. Hope you get everything working.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Wierd. I was on the verge of reinstalling Winblows too.

Neo · Daedalian Member

uber-thanks man!

Come visit sometime. I'll buy you a steak dinner.

Death Mage · Raving Lunatic

I may have to keep that in mind.

It's a simple trouble-shooting step that usually is NOT the answer, but it's such an easy thing to check that I liked using that first. Like I said, it's obscure enough that you don't look for it unless you know it. Glad it helped you, but now I'm heading to bed.

Hitchhiker · Finally got a ride.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Coincidence that it happened when the mouse was changed?

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The Ktulu · Daedalian Member

So, does this mean you won't be taking a blow torch to your computer?[/pyro]

Death Mage · Raving Lunatic

Probably was a councidence. Try installing the mouse again, and then checking the date again after.

Courk · Daedalian Member

So, will 2032 be like y2k take 2?

Chuck · Daedalian Member

Set your computer's clock ahead and see for yourself.

jesternl · Yankee Doodle Dutchie

I've been doing tech support off and on for wquie a while, but I never heard that one...
:bows:

Courk · Daedalian Member

Yeah, set my computer clock forward. That's not similar to handing a sucicidal perosn a knife, some pills, and a gun.

HyToFry · Drama queen

Running Windows XP with trillian. I set my year to 2070. Trillian r the crashing. A lot.

What a cool bug.

And such an easy fix.

[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 08-07-2003 06:43 PM).]