Re: Application crash analysis

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BrianF wrote:


"BrianF" <bk266378@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have two applications that crash (shut down) in certain
circumstances without any indication of the reason. (My system is Win
XP, 2.8 GHz P4 and 512 MB RAM.)

Google Earth 3 & 4 do this if I enter a location in the search box.
The globe starts turning towards the location and zooms in but within
a period of 0 - 30 seconds, the program makes the error 'clunk' sound
and closes. If I search manually, there is no problem and the program
continues to work until it is closesd manually.

VOIP Buster was working fine until a recent upgrade, since when it
does the same thing after making a connection to a remote telephone
number.

There is no indication of the reasons for these crashes in the
program event logs nor in the Wndows event log. Even uninstalling,
registry clean-up and reinstallation has achieved nothing

I have raised these issues in the forums of both products but without
any solutions being offered.

Can anyone here suggest how I could further analyse or resolve these
problems?

Is there really no-one who has an opinion on this?

If you get the crashes every time you do this, then the problems are
probably caused by software. I'd update the drivers for your video and
sound cards (one at a time) and see if that helps.

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM
computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the
drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately, I have already done all the things
you suggested, including similar advice from Google Earth support.
Belarc Advisor is also on my PC and I have used it to ensure that I have the
latest drivers for all items.

Today, there is a new version of VOIP Buster and (fingers crossed) it looks
as though that has fixed that problem. So it is just Google Earth that needs
fixing.

BrianF


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