I get this error message every so often when trying to sign on to my isp (MSN). I usually end up rebooting to correct. I will note (In my opinion!) that the MSN 9 software is horrible and causes constant freeze-ups and crashes....

Here are some places to start reading:

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...r=&sa=N&tab=wg

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...d2b6e1a4825e79

Ddhelp Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module Gdi.exe
DDhelp caused an invalid page fault in module Gdi.exe.
DDhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe.
DDhelp has caused an invalid page fault in module Ddraw.dll.
DDhelp cause an invalid page fault in module unknown.
DDhelp caused an error in filename.
DDhelp caused an exception 038 in module file name where file name is a .dll
file that your computer's video driver uses.
DDhelp error: an error has occured in your program, click ignore to
continue. When you click Ignore, the computer stops responding ("hangs").
More About DDHelp: DDHelp.exe is DirectDraw's "helper" program. Its purpose
is to make first contact with the video driver, assess its DirectDraw
capabilities, and send the driver into DirectDraw compatibility mode.
This is very simplistic. However, when a user has display issues in a game
or a game doesn't launch, it may be because the game cannot get the video
driver to switch to the proper resolution to run it. This will sometimes
manifest itself as an error in the file DDHelp.
Another one of DDHelp's functions is to perform the resolution switching
chores for DirectDraw and Direct3D.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286006 (9/12/2003)
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Henri Leboeuf