Access violation help please
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Access violation help please
I have recently loaded Links Championship edition(the ms golf game) and during startup keep getting the message:
Access violation in DINPUT! (+0xF092)
I have done a search on the MS site with no luck.
Does anyone have any idea what it means and how to fix it?
Access violation in DINPUT! (+0xF092)
I have done a search on the MS site with no luck.
Does anyone have any idea what it means and how to fix it?
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: STL
An "Access Violation" is one of the many names for a common programming error. It occurs when the programmer writes outside of the memory block that he has reserved for the use of his program. Windows returns the offending module and address.
Ordinarily an access violation can only be fixed by rewriting the code and recompiling it. As a rule a patch is issued to overwrite the faulty original.
If the game came with a support contact address then use it. Supply the exact version of the game. (Often there is an "About" option in the Help menu.) Supply the exact version of your OS. Copy down the message exactly and describe exactly what you do to generate the error.
It is unusual for commercial software to give an access violation on startup. Out of curiosity you might want to try the appropriate MS newsgroup to see if anybody else has experienced the same thing. Start at
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx</a>
Click on Games in the left frame and then Links2001.
Ordinarily an access violation can only be fixed by rewriting the code and recompiling it. As a rule a patch is issued to overwrite the faulty original.
If the game came with a support contact address then use it. Supply the exact version of the game. (Often there is an "About" option in the Help menu.) Supply the exact version of your OS. Copy down the message exactly and describe exactly what you do to generate the error.
It is unusual for commercial software to give an access violation on startup. Out of curiosity you might want to try the appropriate MS newsgroup to see if anybody else has experienced the same thing. Start at
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx</a>
Click on Games in the left frame and then Links2001.
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Hertfordshire, UK
I believe that DINPUT is DirectInput, a component of DirectX (I may be wrong) that controls pointing devices, like a mouse. Try upgrading your DirectX to the latest version, and check for driver updates for your mouse/joystick/whatever.
Other than that, MS is your best bet.
Other than that, MS is your best bet.
