Guest Aisha Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to Jeff. I am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this?
Guest FromTheRafters Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > Jeff. I > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? Try running System File Checker. Start - run - sfc This program should replace corrupted or (I believe) missing system files from the CAB files. How did you get to the point that you had to restore win.com?
Guest st Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to Jeff. I > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? It's probably not rundll32.exe missing itself, but the library it refers to. What _literally_ says message box and what is it's title?
Guest Don Phillipson Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe > "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > > Jeff. I > > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? "FromTheRafters" <Erratic@ne.rr.com> wrote in message news:OrU8fjPFJHA.3488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Try running System File Checker. > Start - run - sfc > This program should replace corrupted or (I believe) missing > system files from the CAB files. SFC is a good idea because of one feature of RUNDLL32.EXE -- that no patch or update was ever needed. What limits SFC is that its source database is created when the OS is installed, and never updated thereafter. So system files that may have been updated are reported by SFC as errors, viz. different from the first installation. This will not apply to RUNDLL32.EXE since never altered. SFC.EXE can be customized, viz. set to search only certain directories (folders) or for specific filles. On an updated Winn98 system, this may obviate a spurious error list. Alternatively, when giving away a PC, we might just as well FDISK to remove all HD partitions (blank the drive) and hand it over, for the recipient to instal the operating system of her choice. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Guest PCR Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Aisha wrote: | After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to | Jeff. I am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot | find file: C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? I agree with Philipson that SFC should not be used to replace all missing files except under extraordinary circumstances. This is because you may have not been keeping its database up-to-date after every acquisition of new files from Windows Update &/or other sources. Maybe do post the full error message as st suggested. (A) Extract RUNDLL32.EXE, if "access denied" is mentioned in the error message or if the file really does not exist. Here is the location & Properties of that file in Win98SE. Do you actually already have it...?... RUNDLL32.EXE Desc: Run a DLL as an App Loc: C:\WINDOWS Size: 24,576 bytes Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM Ver: 4.10.1998 That is old enough (Win98SE) never to have been modified by an update. So, extract it with SFC... (1) "START button, Run, SFC" (2) Bolt "Extract one file from installation disk" (3) Enter "RUNDLL32.EXE" in the "Specify..." box. (4) Click "Start". It should offer to "Save file in C:\WINDOWS". If not, make it so. (5) In "Restore from", if not already pre-filled, browse to (a) Installation CD (likely the Win98 folder) or (b) The folder that has your cabs on the hard drive, likely "C:\WINDOWS\options\cabs\". (5) Click "OK" If it discovers the file already exists, it will offer to back it up. May as well do so. If it discovers the file is "in use", it will request that you reboot to complete the install. (B) http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US Search: "Control Panel"; Title only; Exact match; finds many, including... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299923&Product=w98 How to Troubleshoot Control Panel Issues in Windows (299923) - When you attempt to open Control Panel (click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control Panel ), it does not open as you expect. One or more of the following may occur: You receive an error message similar to the following: Program has... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;192806 How to Run Control Panel Tools by Typing a Command (192806) - This article describes how to run Control Panel tools in Windows by typing a command at a command prompt or in the Open box. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;149648&Product=w98 Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
Guest Jeff Richards Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another missing file. Please provide the exact message, verbatim. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > Jeff. I > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this?
Guest Aisha Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Exact message: Cannot find file C:\windows\rundll32.exe "Jeff Richards" wrote: > That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another missing file. > Please provide the exact message, verbatim. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > > Jeff. I > > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? > > >
Guest Aisha Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Very easy if you're a novice! See 'restoring win.com' "FromTheRafters" wrote: > > "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > > Jeff. I > > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? > > Try running System File Checker. > Start - run - sfc > This program should replace corrupted or (I believe) missing > system files from the CAB files. > > How did you get to the point that you had to restore win.com? > >
Guest Jeff Richards Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe That error message is not giving enough information to be helpful, although you can use the DIR/s command to confirm that rundll32.exe really does exist on the disk. I would recommend that you ignore that message for the moment on concentrate on confirming that ordinary operations are working OK, and getting that mouse working so that further troubleshooting will be simplified. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:83894A0C-9EF0-4372-AEC3-67FA0B212491@microsoft.com... > Exact message: Cannot find file C:\windows\rundll32.exe > > "Jeff Richards" wrote: > >> That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another missing file. >> Please provide the exact message, verbatim. >> -- >> Jeff Richards >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... >> > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to >> > Jeff. I >> > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: >> > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? >> >> >>
Guest FromTheRafters Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Found it. I helped a friend once that did a similar thing with Windows 3.1 - giving the computer to a friend and removing unneeded files like autoexec.bat and config.sys. She wanted to at least give the computer away with a functioning OS on it. Between the "undelete" program and some knowledge of the needed boot files, we got it sorted over the phone. This was the DOS undelete, not the Windows undelete - I just renamed ?utoexec.bat and ?onfig.sys back to their original names and places. Perhaps some of your 'deleted' files are still recoverable? "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8DF458F9-0523-476C-B2A1-13747AD605C2@microsoft.com... > Very easy if you're a novice! See 'restoring win.com' > > "FromTheRafters" wrote: > >> >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... >> > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to >> > Jeff. I >> > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: >> > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? >> >> Try running System File Checker. >> Start - run - sfc >> This program should replace corrupted or (I believe) missing >> system files from the CAB files. >> >> How did you get to the point that you had to restore win.com? >> >>
Guest Aisha Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Have been doing what you advised & found my old accounts program hanging, rest seemed O.K. Computer happily went on line & antivirus started updating so I thought, good I can then scan for any nasties. Program wanted to restart so clicked 'yes'. Computer shut down & died. Tried to reboot, got 2 flashes & a beep & it shut down again. I thought either the power pack's gone or the HD's b****d. Put in my trusty start up disk & all came to life again, so I got to where I could scan the disk which came back no errors or bad sectors. Restored to a previous working registry but computer still shut down.Think its now format & reinstall but I've never done anything so technical, and I would need help in words of one syllable as I'm a very old lady, but would really like to have a try. Have looked at Microsoft's article 255867 & can follow to number 9, then 'partitions' yes but 'logical drives' ''Que!!!'' I would really like your comments please. "Jeff Richards" wrote: > That error message is not giving enough information to be helpful, although > you can use the DIR/s command to confirm that rundll32.exe really does exist > on the disk. I would recommend that you ignore that message for the moment > on concentrate on confirming that ordinary operations are working OK, and > getting that mouse working so that further troubleshooting will be > simplified. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:83894A0C-9EF0-4372-AEC3-67FA0B212491@microsoft.com... > > Exact message: Cannot find file C:\windows\rundll32.exe > > > > "Jeff Richards" wrote: > > > >> That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another missing file. > >> Please provide the exact message, verbatim. > >> -- > >> Jeff Richards > >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... > >> > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx to > >> > Jeff. I > >> > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find file: > >> > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Jeff Richards Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe There is no need to re-do the partitioning, so you don't have to worry about extended partitions and logical drives, unless you want to change what the previous drive arrangement was. You can do FDISK /Status at the DOS prompt to see the current state of the partitioning. If you are part way through deleting or creating partitions then you will need to advise what is reported and I can take you through the steps in that article. The best instructions for re-installation are here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html It's certainly possible that you still have an intermittent hardware problem, especially if the machine is old. In that case fixing things can be extremely frustrating, as you can never be sure whether a particular problem needs a hardware or software fix. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9289E674-5AD1-407B-851F-4AA1C22BBF0E@microsoft.com... > Have been doing what you advised & found my old accounts program hanging, > rest seemed O.K. Computer happily went on line & antivirus started > updating > so I thought, good I can then scan for any nasties. Program wanted to > restart > so clicked 'yes'. Computer shut down & died. Tried to reboot, got 2 > flashes & > a beep & it shut down again. I thought either the power pack's gone or the > HD's b****d. Put in my trusty start up disk & all came to life again, so I > got to where I could scan the disk which came back no errors or bad > sectors. > Restored to a previous working registry but computer still shut down.Think > its now format & reinstall but I've never done anything so technical, and > I > would need help in words of one syllable as I'm a very old lady, but would > really like to have a try. Have looked at Microsoft's article 255867 & can > follow to number 9, then 'partitions' yes but 'logical drives' ''Que!!!'' > I would really like your comments please. > > "Jeff Richards" wrote: > >> That error message is not giving enough information to be helpful, >> although >> you can use the DIR/s command to confirm that rundll32.exe really does >> exist >> on the disk. I would recommend that you ignore that message for the >> moment >> on concentrate on confirming that ordinary operations are working OK, and >> getting that mouse working so that further troubleshooting will be >> simplified. >> -- >> Jeff Richards >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:83894A0C-9EF0-4372-AEC3-67FA0B212491@microsoft.com... >> > Exact message: Cannot find file C:\windows\rundll32.exe >> > >> > "Jeff Richards" wrote: >> > >> >> That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another missing >> >> file. >> >> Please provide the exact message, verbatim. >> >> -- >> >> Jeff Richards >> >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) >> >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... >> >> > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, thanx >> >> > to >> >> > Jeff. I >> >> > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot find >> >> > file: >> >> > C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest PCR Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Aisha wrote: | Have been doing what you advised & found my old accounts program | hanging, rest seemed O.K. Computer happily went on line & antivirus | started updating so I thought, good I can then scan for any nasties. | Program wanted to restart so clicked 'yes'. Computer shut down & | died. Tried to reboot, got 2 flashes & a beep & it shut down again. I | thought either the power pack's gone or the HD's b****d. Put in my | trusty start up disk & all came to life again, so I got to where I | could scan the disk which came back no errors or bad sectors. | Restored to a previous working registry but computer still shut | down.Think its now format & reinstall but I've never done anything so | technical, and I would need help in words of one syllable as I'm a | very old lady, but would really like to have a try. Have looked at | Microsoft's article 255867 & can follow to number 9, then | 'partitions' yes but 'logical drives' ''Que!!!'' | I would really like your comments please. I'm sure Richards & others can talk you through a fresh install of Windows, if necessary. Some pointers... a) Ensure you know your ProductKey before beginning. (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion ProductKey "12345-12345-12345-12345-12345") b) Hunt for necessary drivers before beginning. (State what are your main peripherals or at least everything you installed separately after installing Windows. Did you install it yourself?) c) Get a copy IE6 (or at least IE5.5) before beginning. (You won't be able to use Windows Update otherwise.) Here is something else to try first, if your machine is booting directly to shutdown. Get a new Wininit.exe... Can you boot to Safe Mode? (Hold CTRL as you boot to get the Startup Menu, & select "Safe Mode".) If so... (1) "START button, Run, SFC" (2) Bolt "Extract one file from installation disk" (3) Enter "Wininit.exe" in the "Specify..." box. (4) Click "Start". It should offer to "Save file in C:\WINDOWS". If not, make it so. (5) In "Restore from", if not already pre-filled, browse to (a) Installation CD (likely the Win98 folder) or (b) The folder that has your cabs on the hard drive, likely "C:\WINDOWS\options\cabs\". (6) Click "OK" If it discovers the file already exists, it will offer to back it up. May as well do so. If it discovers the file is "in use", it will request that you reboot to complete the install. If you cannot boot to Safe Mode, then you must do it in DOS. Boot to Command Prompt Only from the Startup Menu or use a Startup Diskette to get to an A:\prompt. Then... (a) DIR /s /a C:\Wininit.exe Will say whether you have it, & where it is. It should be in "C:\Windows" C:\>DIR /s /a C:\Wininit.exe Directory of C:\WINDOWS WININIT EXE 41,973 04-23-99 10:22p WININIT.EXE 1 file(s) 41,973 bytes (b) "EXTRACT /a /L C:\Windows <LOC>\Base4.cab Wininit.exe" That is all one line between the quotes with 5 spaces, but do not enter the quotes. It will offer to overwrite, if one is already there. <LOC> is the location of "Base4.cab". This may be discovered as follows... C:\>DIR /s /a C:\base4.cab Directory of C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS BASE4 CAB 168,960 04-23-99 10:22p BASE4.CAB 1 file(s) 168,960 bytes If you have the .cabs on a CD, you will use your CD-ROM drive letter, instead of "C:\" in that DIR command. And probably it will find it to be located in... "X:\Win98"... where "X:\" is the CD-ROM letter. So, in my case, the command is... "EXTRACT /a /L C:\Windows C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\Base4.cab Wininit.exe" All one line: no quotes: there are 5 spaces in the line, including one after "Base4.cab". That will search all cabs for Wininit.exe & extract it into C:\Windows. You may need to use something other than "C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS" as explained above. Here is the full article about your condition... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141898&Product=w98 Windows 95/98 Boots Directly to "Shut Down" Screen WARNING: Some say an over-install of Windows, especially involving a laptop, is a bad idea, as it may not get .vxd's right. But it should be fine just to extract Wininit.exe. ........Quote of article............ SYMPTOMS When you start your computer, you may see the following message: It's now safe to turn off your computer This behavior can occur in any mode. CAUSE This behavior can occur if the Vmm32.vxd or Wininit.exe file is missing or damaged. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, follow these steps: 1. To Obtain a New Copy of the Wininit.exe File Extract a new copy of the Wininit.exe file from your original Windows 95/98 disks or CD-ROM to the Windows folder. In Windows 95, the Wininit.exe file is located in the Win95_11.cab cabinet file on the Windows 95 CD-ROM or disk 11 of your original Windows 95 disks. (In Win98SE, it's in WIN98_47.CAB... PCR.) For more information about using the Extract tool, click Start, point to Programs, click MS-DOS prompt, type extract, and then press ENTER. For additional information about using the Extract tool, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;129605 129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files 2. Restart the computer. NOTE: If you installed Windows 95 from a CD-ROM, you may need to enable the Mscdex.exe line in the Autoexec.bat file or reinstall the real-mode CD-ROM drivers included with the CD-ROM drive before you can reinstall Windows 95. After you enable the real-mode CD-ROM drivers, repeat step 1 to restart the computer. To Re-Create the Vmm32.vxd File 1. Restart your computer. For Windows 95, when you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu. For Windows 98, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu. 2. Type the following line to change to the Windows\System folder: cd \windows\system 3. Type the following line: ren vmm32.vxd vmm32.old 4. Reinstall Windows 95/98. (I guess it will want to go to "C:\Windows.000", but you must direct it to "C:\Windows". PCR.) NOTE: If you installed Windows 95 from a CD-ROM, you may need to enable the Mscdex.exe line in the Autoexec.bat file or reinstall the real-mode CD-ROM drivers included with the CD-ROM drive before you can reinstall Windows 95. After you enable the real-mode CD-ROM drivers, repeat step 1 to restart the computer. MORE INFORMATION A Vmm32.vxd file is included on the Windows 95 disks and CD-ROM. Extracting this version of the file does not solve the problem, as it is an incomplete version of the file. You must run Setup to re-create a system-specific Vmm32.vxd file. If Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is enabled in your computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), the "It's now safe to turn off your computer" message may not be displayed when you shut down Windows 95/98. If this article does not describe your shutdown-related issue, please see the following Microsoft Web site to view more articles about shutting down Windows 98: The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows 95 ........End of quote................. | "Jeff Richards" wrote: | |> That error message is not giving enough information to be helpful, |> although you can use the DIR/s command to confirm that rundll32.exe |> really does exist on the disk. I would recommend that you ignore |> that message for the moment on concentrate on confirming that |> ordinary operations are working OK, and getting that mouse working |> so that further troubleshooting will be simplified. |> -- |> Jeff Richards |> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) |> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message |> news:83894A0C-9EF0-4372-AEC3-67FA0B212491@microsoft.com... |> > Exact message: Cannot find file C:\windows\rundll32.exe |> > |> > "Jeff Richards" wrote: |> > |> >> That sounds like a file version problem or possibly another |> >> missing file. Please provide the exact message, verbatim. |> >> -- |> >> Jeff Richards |> >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) |> >> "Aisha" <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message |> >> news:6493F511-D0C8-4DA7-AE7E-D2B7C5AF1AE5@microsoft.com... |> >> > After restoring win.com on my 98SE & successfully rebooting, |> >> > thanx to Jeff. I |> >> > am now trying to get into add/remove programmes & it cannot |> >> > find file: C:\windows\rundll32exe. How can I sort this? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR pcrrcp@netzero.net
Guest Buffalo Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe Aisha wrote: > Have been doing what you advised & found my old accounts program > hanging, rest seemed O.K. Computer happily went on line & antivirus > started updating so I thought, good I can then scan for any nasties. > Program wanted to restart so clicked 'yes'. Computer shut down & > died. Tried to reboot, got 2 flashes & a beep & it shut down again. I > thought either the power pack's gone or the HD's b****d. Put in my > trusty start up disk & all came to life again, so I got to where I > could scan the disk which came back no errors or bad sectors. > Restored to a previous working registry but computer still shut > down.Think its now format & reinstall but I've never done anything so > technical, and I would need help in words of one syllable as I'm a > very old lady, but would really like to have a try. Have looked at > Microsoft's article 255867 & can follow to number 9, then > 'partitions' yes but 'logical drives' ''Que!!!'' > I would really like your comments please. Do not Fdisk and reinstall Win98 unless it is the last resort. You will lose all your programs and have to reinstall everything. Wait for good answers and DO NOT reinstall Win98 until you UNDERSTAND what you may lose. Reinstalling Win98 is very simple, but the consequences may not be what you desire.
Guest letterman@invalid.com Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: Rundll32exe On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:09:01 -0700, Aisha <Aisha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Have been doing what you advised & found my old accounts program hanging, >rest seemed O.K. Computer happily went on line & antivirus started updating >so I thought, good I can then scan for any nasties. Program wanted to restart >so clicked 'yes'. Computer shut down & died. Tried to reboot, got 2 flashes & >a beep & it shut down again. I thought either the power pack's gone or the >HD's b****d. Put in my trusty start up disk & all came to life again, so I >got to where I could scan the disk which came back no errors or bad sectors. >Restored to a previous working registry but computer still shut down.Think >its now format & reinstall but I've never done anything so technical, and I >would need help in words of one syllable as I'm a very old lady, but would >really like to have a try. Have looked at Microsoft's article 255867 & can >follow to number 9, then 'partitions' yes but 'logical drives' ''Que!!!'' >I would really like your comments please. > I had similar things happen when my power supply was dying. First, make a backup of everything. Then, see if you can get your hands on some different memory and swap the sticks. It could be bad ram memory. If that dont solve it, can you get a used power supply to try? They're not all that hard to change. Of course it could be a bad motherboard too. The good news is that Win98 hard drives can be plugged into a different computer. You'll have to install some drivers for that system, but you wont lose anything, and 98 will work again. You cant do that with XP. When you are looking for a file, like Rundll32.exe, just go to START, click FIND, then FILES & FOLDERS, and type in Rundll32.exe select the drive (if you have more than one), and hit the enter key. If the file exists, it will tell you, and the location.
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