Error message at startup

[satinseat]

Day 2 of Win8 -still taking me an hour to do what took 5 minutes - main 'problem' is that I don't understand an error message at start up - I click continue and it goes away - while the message is on screen AVG icon is in the bottom bar but if I click cancel or whatever (sorry forgot the other option to continue) again error message goes away and AVG icon disappears from the bottom.

if anyone's interested I copied the error message but it's a long one and show it below - please put my mind at rest and tell me how to stop the message and put things (what) right.

thanks
ian

error message
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set toan instance of an object.
atAVUS.Form1.CheckUpdates()
atAVUS.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
atSystem.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
atSystem.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtrwparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
AVUS
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/AVUS/AVUS.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version:8.0.0.0
Win32 Version:8.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version:2.0.0.0
Win32 Version:2.0.50727.6387 (Win8RTM.050727-6300)
CodeBase:file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file forthis
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

 

[johnpombrio]

Welcome to the Windows 8 forum.

There is lots that we need to know before addressing your error message. What is the computer that you are running? What processor, motherboard (if you know them). Where does this error message occur? On boot up? When running a program?

Most problems can be solved by updating the drivers for your computer from the manufacturer's website. Please make sure that ALL your drivers have first be updated before trying to analyze any errors you be getting.