FP: Invalid Page Fault in MS Paint after FrontPage Setup

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to load a page which contains a JPEG File Interchange Format (.jpg or .jpeg) or CompuServe GIF (.gif) image, you receive the following error:

   MSPAINT has caused a invalid page fault in module MSPAINT.EXE at
   0137:0042d3fe.

• The address of the invalid page fault may vary.
• This problem occurs under both Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT, version 4.0.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when all of the following are true:

• You install Microsoft Plus! For Windows 95.

  -and-

• You install Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Image Composer 1.0

  -and-

• You try to open a .gif, .jpg, or .jpeg file in Microsoft Paint.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Paint.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Paint, included in Microsoft Windows 95, is able to work with a JPEG filter called Jpegim32.flt that is installed as part of Microsoft Plus! For Windows 95. When you install Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Image Composer, a new version of the Jpegim32.flt JPEG filter is installed, replacing the old Jpegim32.flt.

Because of the way in which the MSPAINT.EXE program calls the JPEG filter, MSPAINT causes an invalid page fault in MSPAINT.EXE if the new Jpegim32.flt filter is installed.