To Deal with Protection Fault

We cannot see the protection fault prompt every time. It usually appears as "General Protection Fault" (GPF) with lot of hexadecimal codes. It signifies that the processing unit of the computer is coming up with a special code trap which is meant for unusual situation. It happens due to improper storage access by a program. The protection fault indicates that a particular program has tried to access a portion of memory which was corrupted or used by any other program. This may cause hardware issues if it goes on like this.

Generally, the protection fault regarding hardware indicates incorrect power signals. This happens due to overheating of the CPU. Same could happen due to faulty or corrupted RAMs in the computer. If we see any software problem, it is because of programming errors on design issues. However, if we keep on installing and uninstalling programs, same issue will appear. For instance, obsolete drivers try to access the memory which is not compatible. These programs access different location in the hard drive in order to run. A protection fault may also come if there are wrong settings in the system.

The best way to fix general protection fault (GPF) is to restart the computer again. It may not be logical but there are issues which were solved after restarting the computer. If still we are not sure, we may take the help of an expert. Moreover, we need to go through the “Device Manage” option. We need to click on “Show Hidden Devices” from the control panel. Then we need to look for "TDSSserv.sys" and we need to disable it by right click. Now we need to restart the computer. Then the issue will be terminated. This is the way to deal with general protection fault.