application failed to start

[Guest Korbit]

I've been getting this message every now and then and it won't stop coming up

until i restart my computer.

 

"The application failed to initalize properly (0xc0000142). Click ok to

terminate the application."

 

Clicking ok closes the error, but I get the same error with any program.

Task Manager fails to open on CTRL+ALT+DEL and a couple programs in the

system tray wont open (uTorrent always fails to open from the system tray

when thios happens).

 

The only way to get my computer back to normal is to restart it, but the

shutdown process takes about 20 minutes to complete. Usual shutdown time is

less than 2 minutes.

 

I'm running windows xp pro on an amd a64x2 3800+ 1.5g ram.

 

This only seems to happen about every 2-3 days regardless of when my last

restart was. Sometimes happens more often than 3 day, somethimes less. has

been doing it for about a month.

 

Any help is welcome. I''ve tried google, but everything I found was either

about w2k or mysql server, neither of which apply to me.

[Guest Malke]

Re: application failed to start

 

Korbit wrote:

> I've been getting this message every now and then and it won't stop coming

> up until i restart my computer.

>

> "The application failed to initalize properly (0xc0000142). Click ok to

> terminate the application."

>

> Clicking ok closes the error, but I get the same error with any program.

> Task Manager fails to open on CTRL+ALT+DEL and a couple programs in the

> system tray wont open (uTorrent always fails to open from the system tray

> when thios happens).

>

> The only way to get my computer back to normal is to restart it, but the

> shutdown process takes about 20 minutes to complete. Usual shutdown time

> is less than 2 minutes.

>

> I'm running windows xp pro on an amd a64x2 3800+ 1.5g ram.

>

> This only seems to happen about every 2-3 days regardless of when my last

> restart was. Sometimes happens more often than 3 day, somethimes less. has

> been doing it for about a month.

 

1. Look in Event Viewer for clues:

Start>Run>eventvwr.msc [enter]

 

2. Be sure the computer is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

3. If the computer is truly virus/malware-free, test the hardware:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

 

4. If the hardware is good, something you have installed - a driver or a

program - is causing the issue. Do clean-boot troubleshooting to determine

what that is and correct from there.

 

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

 

Malke

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