Article ID: 286689 - Last Review: January 29, 2007 - Revision: 2.2 Access Violation in Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 with Specific HTML codeThis article was previously published under Q286689 SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer may generate the following error message:
The instruction at "0x70e45ed2" referenced memory at "0x00000022". The memory could not be "read".
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <BODY onload="document.all.myform.myselect.value = '-1'"> <FORM id=myform> Note: This only causes a problem with the latest Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 patch. Open and then close the list box (without selecting an option) to ensure that it has the input focus. Then type the letter "D" (not in the list) and you should see the error... <SELECT name=myselect> <OPTION value=1>A</OPTION> <OPTION value=2>B</OPTION> <OPTION value=3>C</OPTION> <OPTION value=4>E</OPTION> </SELECT> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML> RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/267954/EN-US/
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How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name Platform ------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/31/2001 01:31p 5.50.4613.3100 2,643,728 Mshtml.dll Intel STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.5 Service Pack 2. | Article Translations
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