genesis2003
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Learn as you go person needs help!
Lately Ive been experiencing some problems with my computer. At times the computers refuses to shut down properly, the shutting down Windows screen just stays on, and the only way to resolve it is to turn the computer off at the switch.
While using my Net Objects Fusion 3.0 Preview button to check out some of my project layouts, both Netscape and Internet Explorer, at times, refuses to open up. Also my Net Objects Fusion Help Topics, and both of my Adobe Illustrator 8 and Photoshop 5&6 index and Quick reference functions will not open.
On occasion while using my Adobe programs, my desktop file icons changes and only comes back to its original state after I have shut the computer off and restart it.
All the programs still function well except the anomalies mentioned, but my computer acts like its running on ½ of the RAM available.
I defrag my computer about once a month, but today I came into something unusual.
At start up, hoping to log on to Safe Mode to do a defrag, I pressed the spacebar at the Compaq intro, in between and during the window start up.
On the top of the screen, I received the following what appeared to be written in DOS with a black background:
"The following file is missing or corrupted: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
There is an error in your Config.sys line 2. "
There were more items, but the rest of the description appeared to be a systems check with no other warnings.
I went into "Start-up", opened "Run", and typed in "msconfig".
In System Configuration Utility, under the "Config.sys" tab the second line is checked off and reads:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
; --- SB PCI mod --- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
What does it mean, does this have anything to do with the anomalies Ive been experiencing, do I need to be concerned, and if so how do I fix it?
History: A few months ago I had an error message come up when I attempted to enter into my Internet Explorer control panel. The message read, "Cannot find the file 'c:\windows\rundll32.exe' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." I went ahead and used this advice:
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If you're running Win 98, you can do this very easily with System File Checker:
Go to Start/run, and type SFC.
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk'.
Type rundll32.exe, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.
Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the files location, which is probably in the Win98 folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs folder, as the case may be.
Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows, and click OK. System File Checker looks for the file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been successfully extracted'.
Now reboot, and try again.
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This fixed just the rundll32.exe problem!
Computer: Compaq Presario 7AP140 (7000 Series)
800MHz AMD Athlon Processor
128MB Memory
30.0GB Hard Drive
OS: Windows 98se
Norton Antivirus 2003 (use consistent since purchased new)
Note: Physical memory available to windows 130,500
Systems Resources 54%
Please advise!
Thanks
Lately Ive been experiencing some problems with my computer. At times the computers refuses to shut down properly, the shutting down Windows screen just stays on, and the only way to resolve it is to turn the computer off at the switch.
While using my Net Objects Fusion 3.0 Preview button to check out some of my project layouts, both Netscape and Internet Explorer, at times, refuses to open up. Also my Net Objects Fusion Help Topics, and both of my Adobe Illustrator 8 and Photoshop 5&6 index and Quick reference functions will not open.
On occasion while using my Adobe programs, my desktop file icons changes and only comes back to its original state after I have shut the computer off and restart it.
All the programs still function well except the anomalies mentioned, but my computer acts like its running on ½ of the RAM available.
I defrag my computer about once a month, but today I came into something unusual.
At start up, hoping to log on to Safe Mode to do a defrag, I pressed the spacebar at the Compaq intro, in between and during the window start up.
On the top of the screen, I received the following what appeared to be written in DOS with a black background:
"The following file is missing or corrupted: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
There is an error in your Config.sys line 2. "
There were more items, but the rest of the description appeared to be a systems check with no other warnings.
I went into "Start-up", opened "Run", and typed in "msconfig".
In System Configuration Utility, under the "Config.sys" tab the second line is checked off and reads:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
; --- SB PCI mod --- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
What does it mean, does this have anything to do with the anomalies Ive been experiencing, do I need to be concerned, and if so how do I fix it?
History: A few months ago I had an error message come up when I attempted to enter into my Internet Explorer control panel. The message read, "Cannot find the file 'c:\windows\rundll32.exe' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." I went ahead and used this advice:
----------------------------
If you're running Win 98, you can do this very easily with System File Checker:
Go to Start/run, and type SFC.
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk'.
Type rundll32.exe, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.
Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the files location, which is probably in the Win98 folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs folder, as the case may be.
Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows, and click OK. System File Checker looks for the file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been successfully extracted'.
Now reboot, and try again.
-----------------------------
This fixed just the rundll32.exe problem!
Computer: Compaq Presario 7AP140 (7000 Series)
800MHz AMD Athlon Processor
128MB Memory
30.0GB Hard Drive
OS: Windows 98se
Norton Antivirus 2003 (use consistent since purchased new)
Note: Physical memory available to windows 130,500
Systems Resources 54%
Please advise!
Thanks