What went wrong, how to fix?

An acquaintance has asked me to post this here on his behalf, since his
PC
is nonfunctional because of the problem he's described as follows:

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My operating system is WindowsXP, my security suite is McAffee 2005
Version
7.

Right after installing XP Service Pack 2, I got this message:
MSKDETCT.EXE
application error "The instruction at OXO15c113c referenced memory at
OXO15c113c. The memory cannot be read."

No matter what I've tried, these errors seem to accumulate and I get
hundreds of the applications running and taking up memory within 10 to
15
minutes. System memory is a used by this error (sic) (?). I cannot do
a
proper system shutdown.

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He has data which he has not backed up, so reinstalling WinXP and
trying to
install SP2 again is not an attractive option. "System Restore"
doesn't
solve the problem.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

<> schrieb:

> *********
> My operating system is WindowsXP, my security suite is McAffee 2005
> Version
> 7.
>
> Right after installing XP Service Pack 2, I got this message:
> MSKDETCT.EXE
> application error "The instruction at OXO15c113c referenced memory at
> OXO15c113c. The memory cannot be read."

That's McAfee itself. Updating/upgrading isn't an option?

Bye,
Freudi