Vista Ultimate32 Memory Error

sometimes when i POWER OFF my pc the following error pops up:

"The instruction at 0x768b882c referenced memory at 0xffffffff. The memory
could not be read"

this error is NOT there when closing office applications, not on IE browser.

system is updated

seems like the band at the top of the dialog box that pops up refers to
"SidebarBroadcastWatcher: sidebar.exe - Application Error"

"ICQM Houston" wrote:

> sometimes when i POWER OFF my pc the following error pops up:
>
> "The instruction at 0x768b882c referenced memory at 0xffffffff. The memory
> could not be read"
>
> this error is NOT there when closing office applications, not on IE browser.
>
> system is updated

Hi,

Try selectively disabling applications in the Windows Sidebar to see if the
error ceases.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"ICQM Houston" <> wrote in message
news:9AB70CEC-94D1-4185-95F2-...
> seems like the band at the top of the dialog box that pops up refers to
> "SidebarBroadcastWatcher: sidebar.exe - Application Error"
>
> "ICQM Houston" wrote:
>
>> sometimes when i POWER OFF my pc the following error pops up:
>>
>> "The instruction at 0x768b882c referenced memory at 0xffffffff. The
>> memory
>> could not be read"
>>
>> this error is NOT there when closing office applications, not on IE
>> browser.
>>
>> system is updated

ty rick... i tried your suggestions and almost all the gadgets are thje culprit
- the WEATHER having the longest timeout. yet i need the WEATHER exe
so i change the timeout settings in the registry file and it did worked
excellente.

HKEY_local_machine > system > CurrentControlSet > control \
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout" --- by default this is set to 20000 (i beleived
this is in ms).

higher value will take the application / gadget to close longer. when
changed to lower value, applications closes faster and so the system. error
is now permanently gone (i hope)

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Try selectively disabling applications in the Windows Sidebar to see if the
> error ceases.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "ICQM Houston" <> wrote in message
> news:9AB70CEC-94D1-4185-95F2-...
> > seems like the band at the top of the dialog box that pops up refers to
> > "SidebarBroadcastWatcher: sidebar.exe - Application Error"
> >
> > "ICQM Houston" wrote:
> >
> >> sometimes when i POWER OFF my pc the following error pops up:
> >>
> >> "The instruction at 0x768b882c referenced memory at 0xffffffff. The
> >> memory
> >> could not be read"
> >>
> >> this error is NOT there when closing office applications, not on IE
> >> browser.
> >>
> >> system is updated
>
>

Cool, thanks for the feedback and the solution.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"ICQM Houston" <> wrote in message
news:EB91A6F8-4D3F-4955-9EB5-...
> ty rick... i tried your suggestions and almost all the gadgets are thje
> culprit
> - the WEATHER having the longest timeout. yet i need the WEATHER exe
> so i change the timeout settings in the registry file and it did worked
> excellente.
>
> HKEY_local_machine > system > CurrentControlSet > control \
> "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" --- by default this is set to 20000 (i
> beleived
> this is in ms).
>
> higher value will take the application / gadget to close longer. when
> changed to lower value, applications closes faster and so the system.
> error
> is now permanently gone (i hope)
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try selectively disabling applications in the Windows Sidebar to see if
>> the
>> error ceases.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "ICQM Houston" <> wrote in message
>> news:9AB70CEC-94D1-4185-95F2-...
>> > seems like the band at the top of the dialog box that pops up refers to
>> > "SidebarBroadcastWatcher: sidebar.exe - Application Error"
>> >
>> > "ICQM Houston" wrote:
>> >
>> >> sometimes when i POWER OFF my pc the following error pops up:
>> >>
>> >> "The instruction at 0x768b882c referenced memory at 0xffffffff. The
>> >> memory
>> >> could not be read"
>> >>
>> >> this error is NOT there when closing office applications, not on IE
>> >> browser.
>> >>
>> >> system is updated
>>
>>