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Q124782: NBA Basketball Hangs After Running Maintenance Mode Setup

Article: Q124782
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1994-1995 edition
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball for Windows 1994-1995 edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to start Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball after re-running Setup,
your system may stop responding (hang), or you may receive a general protection
(GP) fault.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

- You installed Basketball using either Fast Execution or Medium Execution

  -and-

- NBA Basketball is running when you run Setup in maintenance mode, and you
  choose the Remove All option.

RESOLUTION
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If you run Setup in maintenance mode when NBA Basketball is running, you will
receive the following error message:

  Setup has detected that the following application(s) are running:

  A multimedia application

  We recommend that you close these application(s) before continuing.

When you receive this error message, choose the Exit Setup option, then exit
Complete Basketball before you attempt Setup again.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design of NBA Basketball.

MORE INFORMATION
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If NBA Basketball is closed before running the Maintenance Mode Setup, the icons
are removed from Program Manager and you will not be able to restart the
program.

NOTE: If Basketball was installed using the Slow Execution option, running Setup
in maintenance mode will remove the icons from Program Manager and you will not
be able to restart the program even though you can continue to use the program.
Once the program has been exited there will be no way to run the program unless
you reinstall the program.


Additional query words: 1995 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles hung freeze err msg general protection fault flt gp segment load failure errors stop halt set up set-up resetup re-setup GPF 1994hangs hanging hanged crashed crash crashes frozen locked locked-up lock hang bombed bomb down

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbCompleteBasketballSearch kbCompleteNBABasketball kbCompleteNBABasketball1994
Version           : :1994-1995 edition

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