windows 98 help, please

[Search Party]

i am receiving the following error now matter what i click on, the old close/ignore window followed by this message when i click "close"


EXPLORER caused a general protection fault
in module GDI.EXE at 0029:00000cbd.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=063f EIP=00000cbd EFLGS=00000246
EBX=00e80004 SS=0dd7 ESP=0000add0 EBP=0000add8
ECX=00c80000 DS=0167 ESI=0000121f FS=121f
EDX=00010dd7 ES=0167 EDI=00000167 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
c4 04 bb 07 70 eb cb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Stack dump:
063f0dd7 0b1e0b10 0020ae2c 00000197 00000000 1a160000 00000000 12990002 0028ae38 bff728a2 063f0afe 00000001 00e8df74 bff726c4 bff21ff3 00e83000

[CBGLuthier]

1. There is no easy answer

I assume that you are saying you can not run any software without getting this error? Do the programs themselves close after the error.

If you can not run any programs then it will be very hard to fix this, short of wiping the hard drive and reinstalling the OS.

Assuming you can run programs.

Have you checked out your spyware situation? Get and run the latest free version of Adaware.

You may have to run the computer in safe mode to get it cleaned up.

[Search Party]

2. thanks for your input

i believe it had something to do with a firefox extension. deleted, restarted, full steam ahead now.

thanks for your help.

[Jersey Devil]

3. Is this error occurring in certain programs?

I am not a techie but I do know that gdi.exe errors sometimes occur when closing windows in certain graphics programs like Picture It and also sometimes in Office. I think it may have something to do with compatibility between the software and OS. Were these programs operating properly before or did you just add them?

If no one can answer I suggest you search Knowledge Base at microsoft.com. I found a lot of help there with Win98 problems before I upgraded to xp.