Error Message: Duckman Caused a General Protection Fault

Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
Article ID: Q143331

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft EasyBall version 1.0
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1x
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1x

SYMPTOMS

When you are installing the EasyBall version 1.0 driver, you may receive the following error message:

   An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway click
   ignore and save your work.  To quit this program click close. You will
   lose information you entered since you last started.

The dialog box containing this error message has the word "Duckman" in the title bar.

If you click Ignore, nothing happens. If you click Close, you receive the following error message:

   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
   If problem persists, contact program vendor.

If you click Details, you receive the following information:

   Duckman caused a General Protection Fault in WINMIDD.EXE at
   001:00000930

At this point, the computer may stop responding (hang).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, start the EasyBall Setup program again with the following command:

   setup /ND

The /ND switch causes Setup to run without the EasyBall hardware detection routine.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbhw kbsetup kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95 wfwg win31
Additional reference words: 1.00 3.10 3.11 95 install freeze gpf

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Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
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