You receive a "SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module SUWIN.EXE at 0006:6EB8" error message when you are installing Windows 95
Article ID: 136415
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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SYMPTOMS
When you are installing Windows 95, you may receive the following error
message:
SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module SUWIN.EXE at
0006:6EB8
CAUSE
This error can occur when you upgrade an installation of Windows 3.x with
more than 1200 TrueType fonts installed. This error halts Setup and may
require you to restart your computer.
RESOLUTION
You can still run Windows 3.x after you receive this error message. Remove
some of the TrueType fonts in Windows 3.x so that the total number of
installed TrueType fonts is 1200 or less, and then run Windows 95 Setup
again.
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