.....Vienna! What really means nothing to me is this error message:
RUNDLL32 caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 016f:bff7b992.
Registers:
EAX=00000485 CS=016f EIP=bff7b992 EFLGS=00010286
EBX=00000006 SS=0177 ESP=0063f208 EBP=0063f224
ECX=cf7f9550 DS=0177 ESI=00000000 FS=3527
EDX=8172bb04 ES=0177 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
80 3e 04 74 0f 33 c0 50 50 50 68 05 00 00 c0 e8
Stack dump:
0116f00c 1000b784 00000000 00000000 0116f00c cf7f9550 cf7f9550 0063f2e4 1000a9eb 10015c60 00000485 00000001 00000000 1000a990 0116f00c 00000007
I get to see this every time I start my PC at the moment. The dialogue box that apprears states that RUNDLL32 has performed an illegal operation etc. This means nothing to me, so this is a dull but kinda necessary plea for help.
Answers on a postcard. Please!
― Matt Thurgood (Matt T), Saturday, 21 June 2003 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)
You'll be pleased (?) to know that this error message means nothing to just about everyone. In fact, I think there's probably about 6 or 7 people who would be able to tell you what's actually, truthfully going wrong here. Your solution is to reinstall Windows.
(I exaggerate. An afternoon of tinkering and I could probably sort it out, but it's really not worth it.)
― Andrew (enneff), Saturday, 21 June 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)
Oh, I used to get those error messages all the time the last couple of years I hung onto Windows 95. It was very annoying, because I would be working on something or clicking around and the next thing I knew, the system was crashing and I would either get that message or the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.
Hmmm. Now I'm trying to remember how I got rid of it. I know that ever since I've started using Windows 98, I can't remember ever seeing either, so maybe a Windows upgrade is what you need [er, that would sound silly if you use Windows XP, but I can't imagine you having that kind of problem with that OS]. Reinstalling Windows is another good idea [which needs no disclaimers if you use Windows XP]. Also, I'd look at the programs that automatically load up on your system once you get Windows loaded up to see if maybe they're being the culprit. Sometimes programs get corrupted and this is the end result.
Hm, though. Trying to think if this error message business happened even after I got a new hard drive. Oh, I went through a period of having such a hard time with my system that now seems all a jumble but thankfully has not been the case for at least a year and a half (knock on wood). Can't remember, though, if Windows 98 solved it or the new hard drive did.
*searches around desperately for someone who knows more than she does*
― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 21 June 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)