Article ID: 161141
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q161141
SYMPTOMS
When you use any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article,
if you click OK or Cancel in the Office Assistant dialog box, you may
receive the following error message:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
If you click Details, an error message similar to the following appears:
<PROGRAM> caused an invalid page fault in module MSO97.DLL at
014f:307be43e.
-or-
<PROGRAM> caused an invalid page fault in module MSO97.DLL at
0137:307be43e.
where <PROGRAM> is either EXCEL, WINWORD, MSACCESS, POWERPNT, or OUTLOOK.
NOTE: In Windows 2000, the program unexpectedly quits.
CAUSE
This problem occurs only when all of the following conditions are true:
- You quickly click, and then right-click the Office Assistant window, so
that both the "What would you like to do?" balloon and the shortcut menu
are visible at the same time.
-and-
- You click Options on the shortcut menu.
-and-
- While the Office Assistant dialog box is displayed, you display the
"What would you like to do?" balloon by clicking the Office Assistant
once or twice.
-and-
- In the Office Assistant dialog box, you click OK or Cancel.
RESOLUTION
To prevent this problem from occurring, do not click Options on the Office
Assistant shortcut menu when the "What would you like to do?" balloon is
visible. If both the balloon and the shortcut menu are visible at the same
time, click elsewhere to dismiss both items, and then click or right-click
the Office Assistant.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
Additional query words: 97 XL97 WORD97 ACC97 PPT97 excel.exe winword.exe msaccess.exe powerpnt.exe outlook.exe ipf gpf crash
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