Page fault in non paged area (zone alarm)
This happened to me recently and so i was grateful i was able to RECOVER and have joined this forum purposefully
to tell people the symptoms and how i was able to get rid of PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. This is a very
UNEXPECTED and Annoying ERROR that does not seem to go away no matter what. I associated this error with
ZONE ALARM since it happened right after i installed ZONE ALARM. I recieved the error and these are all the types
of fixes i tried that did NOT work. They might work for you but for me it did NOT. (1) Clicking Start , Run, then in the
command box typing SFC /SCANNOW (THIS IS THE WINDOWS SYSTEM FILE CHECKER THAT MAKES SURE
THAT YOUR FILES ARE THERE AND HAVE NOT BEEN OVERWRITTEN. IF PROMPTED TO INSERT WINDOWS
XP CD YOU MUST IN ORDER TO CONTINUE. AFTER this type of scan i do not believe you are prompted to Reboot.
(2) I tried to RESET MY BIOS by taking the CMOS BATTERY OUT. Im not going to go into detail on this as it is a
somewhat detailed explanation and rather have you study it for yourself. It involves RESETING the BIOS and you will
have to Manually ENTER THE CORRECT TIME AND DATE to continue. If you enter this option and after you have
SET THE TIME, i suggest you go to MAINTAINENCE And Load the defaults. Click ESC after you are done and Save/
and EXIT will auto reboot. These are the first two Options i used which DID NOT WORK for me.
(3) The 3rd option i tried was to use CHKDSK to check for errors. If you want to try this option something you should
do at least ONCE A MONTH anyways to AVOID CRASHES and ERRORS, click on MY COMPUTER, right clock your
DRIVE (usually says C: Internal) , go to Properties, Click the TOOLS TAB. Press the CHECK NOW BUTTON, check
BOTH OPTIONS and press ok. CHKDSK will not be able to continue since it need's exclusive access to all the files
while they are not in use so it will ask if you would like to check the NEXT time you reboot, at which point you will click
YES. This Checks the System Integrity, Make Sure the VOLUME is clean as well as SEVERAL other System Validity
and File checking. You do not have to do anything it will check everything for you and Reboot when it is done but it
could take HOURS, at least one hour to finish before reboot.
(4) System Restore did not work for me either, what a mess.
For some reason PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA only started up when i tried to connect to the INTERNET.
This also led me to believe it had to do with ZONE ALARM and it's firewall properties. This errors if it happened after
you installed or Reinstalled ZONE ALARM is ZONE ALARMS faulty coding and has actually been around for YEARS!
This is the ONLY WAY i was able to FIX IT. First UNINSTALL ZONE ALARM. Second REINSTAL THE LATEST
VERSION OF ZONE ALARM.
You will need to find your WINDOWS XP CD that should have come with your computer when you bought it. If you
did not get one from the place you bought it CONTACT THEM AND MAKE THEM SEND YOU ONE. They should
send you one with no problem even if the warranty is over. Just complain, don't waste too much time trying to be
nice! After you have the CD put it in your CD DRIVE. Reboot and type F12 which is the boot options MENU. With
your UP AND DOWN arrows, highlight boot from CD and press enter. There currently is a guide on Youtube how
to do this from a Computer Technician. It's the Video i used. Do not select the REINSTALL option because it will
delete all your files. This specifically has to do with the REPAIR Windows XP installation from CD WITHOUT
losing DATA *(your files etc) option. youtube.com/watch?v=uIk3eeHbUdw&fmt=18, here is a TEXT
version, bytetips.com/repair-windows-xp/
Remember there is a BIG difference between REPAIR and REINSTALL. Worked for me. Lost none of my files, but
i did have to reinstall Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player since it was set back to the Default system bought
issues they became INCOMPATIBLE. Download the Latest version of these two programs. Last and finally i did notice
there were a considerable amount of windows updates to perform with miscellaneous updates. Good luck.
