Help solving Python 2.5 crash: The instruction "0x7c168f1d" referenced memory at "0x00000001c

[Colin J. Williams]

Pedro Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi Bugra,
>  
> thanks for your reply. I did try the same code on a Windows 2000 system 
> where I also installed and later removed Python 2.5. There, I obtained 
> the same problem :( That's why I think it has to do with software. I've 
> also searched on the internet and this problem seems to come up also 
> with other sorts of applications. This lead me to think that there might 
> be some inconsistency in the Registry of Windows or some files that have 
> been left behind after uninstall. I've tried to address these two 
> possibilities but so far I did not succeed :(
>  
> pedro
> 
>  
> On 11/8/06, *Bugra Cakir* <bugracakir at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bugracakir at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I have came across this like problem in my simulations also. But the
>     case is not for the program structure or
>     python version, the case is hardware :) . If you have time to try it
>     on some other machine than the current and
>     if the problem arises then there is something different!
> 
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> 
> 
I've had this sort of problem when attempting to interface with 
OpenOffice.  It appeared to be connected with the fact that OO
starts a second process, but I didn't pursue it.

Colin W.