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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Software / March 2004RUNDLL error
Hi -- I'm getting on start up: error RUNDLL = MMSYSTEM.DLL at 0001:00000032 in an earlier posting someone wrote : edit file system.ini and add :drivers=mmsystem.dll to boot section of file. If this is the correct fix can anyone elaborate what this means? I tried to add the mentioned name in dos with the make directory md\ command with no luck. thanx in advance ~ Mac The MD command is for creating a directory (folder)...you are trying to edit the system.ini file, so I can't see why you tried MD Can you boot Windows, in normal mode or in Safe Mode? Have a look here: Error Messages in Mmsystem.dll or Rundll32: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;138835 Please provide the exact error message you are receiving. If you get an "illegal operation" error message, click the "Details" button, and post back with the exact details word for word, up to but not including the memory registers.  SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Hi -- > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > thanx in advance ~ Mac Glee - thanks for your time ......The details on your link I've cut and pasted below - To correct this problem, follow these steps: 1.. Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to edit the System.ini file. 2.. Add the following line to the [boot] section of the file: drivers=mmsystem.dll 3.. Save and then close the System.ini file. 4.. Restart your computer. What exactly is the 'system.ini' file ? When I was in dos I opened the directory for the system.ini file and inserted the line of text that's suggested. But obviously, I have no idea ..... MEANTINE, to answer your other question, I couldn't get windows to open at all because I had another problem - a VxD Pelmouse situation and someone on the news group suggested I load a new mouse. And I did and the blue screen of death disappeared but created this new issue whereby I can only start the computer in Safe Mode. If I don't, at start up I get 'system.ini' can not be found and then it says to reload windows with the disk. And I have the disk, so I suppose it's no big deal ? BUT I have something like 2gb's of files I don't want to lose or I'd reinstall windows in a heart beat. I have another newer computer that is on XP pro, do you think I could simply hardwire the two together and send the files over to the new computer? Will that work in safe mode? I knew some situation would arise and this would happen....I've been procrastinating taking my files off the hard drive. Oh well. Once again - thanks for your time and consideration. ~ mac >-----Original Message----- >The MD command is for creating a directory (folder)...you are trying to edit the system.ini file, so I can't see why you tried MD >Can you boot Windows, in normal mode or in Safe Mode? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Please provide the exact error message you are receiving. >If you get an "illegal operation" error message, click the "Details" button, and post back with the exact details word for word, up to but not including the memory registers. >> Hi -- >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >. Can you boot into Safe Mode? To enter Safe Mode, start the computer and hold down the CTRL key till the Windows 98 Startup menu (boot menu) appears. Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and press Enter. In Safe Mode, click Start>Run, type system.ini and click OK. Check under the [boot] section to ensure that there is a line that says: drivers=mmsystem.dll SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Glee - thanks for your time ......The details on your > link I've cut and pasted below - [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] > > > >. Hi again.... .....safe mode is not a problem. System.ini is the problem. When you boot in regular mode the screen is all black except for the words: System.ini is missing, please use the Windows disk to reboot your system, or something to that effect. So, when you boot in Safe mode and tab up to 'run' from the Start menu, the system can't find system.ini. I went to 'find' and entered system.ini and nothing came up from the search. I then went into 'Explorer' and went thru every file to look for system.ini and found nothing - I did find ROSystem.ini and opened that in note pad and typed drivers=mmsystem.dll but I suspect I'm not close to where I'm supposed to be. I then went looking for 'cab' files to see if I can extract the file 'system.ini' and couldn't find any cab files. Why will 'safe mode' not let me open my D: drive, so I can extract the file from the disk? I just thought of something, can I copy the system.ini file from the disk to a floppy from another machine? What is system.ini anyway? Is it the operations file? thnx again for your patience. ~ Mac >-----Original Message----- >Can you boot into Safe Mode? >To enter Safe Mode, start the computer and hold down the CTRL key till the Windows 98 Startup menu (boot menu) appears. >Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and press Enter. > [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > >. Do you have WinZip or a similar unzipping program installed? If so, we can try extracting the system.ini file from one of the backups (.cab files) that windows creates at boot-up each day. I am reluctant to use the usual registry and .ini file restore method, as so many days have passed since your original post, and because that might bring you back to the original situation you had where you could not start at all. I also can't say if your surviving .cab backups have a copy of the system.ini file....so let's have a look. First, boot into Safe Mode, then click Start> Settings> Folder Options> View tab, and click to enable "Show All Files" and click OK. Open Windows Explorer or My Computer, and navigate to the C:\Windows\Sysbckup folder. Look for some files named in this format: rb###.cab, where ### will be something like 001 or 002, and so on. Open the most recently-dated one using WinZip, and see if a copy of the system.ini file is enclosed. If it is, extract the system.ini file to the C:\Windows folder, then restart windows and see if it will start in normal mode. If the .cab file does not contain a copy, open another of the rb###.cab files, until you find one with a copy of the system.ini If none have a copy, or if there are no .cab files there, we will have to try an alternate method to create a basic system.ini file. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Hi again.... > [quoted text clipped - 130 lines] > > > >. Glen... Sorry about being tardy. The problem computer and the one I'm writing on are not at the same location. I'll try all of the following suggestions and let you know ASAP which probably won't be today. 'till then and Thankx ~Mac >-----Original Message----- >Do you have WinZip or a similar unzipping program installed? >If so, we can try extracting the system.ini file from one of the backups (.cab files) that windows creates at boot-up each day. >I am reluctant to use the usual registry and .ini file restore method, as so many days have passed since your original post, and because that might bring you back to the original situation you had where you could not start at all. >I also can't say if your surviving .cab backups have a copy of the system.ini file....so let's have a look. > >First, boot into Safe Mode, then click Start> Settings> Folder Options> View tab, and click to enable "Show All Files" and click OK. >Open Windows Explorer or My Computer, and navigate to the C:\Windows\Sysbckup folder. >Look for some files named in this format: rb###.cab, where ### will be something like 001 or 002, and so on. >Open the most recently-dated one using WinZip, and see if a copy of the system.ini file is enclosed. >If it is, extract the system.ini file to the C:\Windows folder, then restart windows and see if it will start in normal mode. >If the .cab file does not contain a copy, open another of the rb###.cab files, until you find one with a copy of the system.ini >If none have a copy, or if there are no .cab files there, we will have to try an alternate method to create a basic system.ini file. >> Hi again.... >> [quoted text clipped - 132 lines] > >. Glen, That was interesting. I found the cab files you spoke of. I checked the dates for the latest one and extracted it to the c:/windows folder. And rebooted. It took me back to the reason I first started this correpondence: Invalid VxD dynamic link called from PELMOUSE (02) + 00000IC to device ''000C'', service 3. When I posted the error message above someone told me my mouse was bad; I changed it with the drivers and the error message disappeared. And then the run.dll error started....and that's where you came into the picture. Sooo- I went ahead and checked the dates of all the cab files and I checked the dates of the files I'm trying to save and Voila. I found a cab file that was dated after my last entry to the files I need. I went back and extracted an early cab file with the system.ini and C'est tout. That's it. Problem solved. thank you for your time and patience, it's nice. ~mac >-----Original Message----- >Do you have WinZip or a similar unzipping program installed? >If so, we can try extracting the system.ini file from one of the backups (.cab files) that windows creates at boot-up each day. >I am reluctant to use the usual registry and .ini file restore method, as so many days have passed since your original post, and because that might bring you back to the original situation you had where you could not start at all. >I also can't say if your surviving .cab backups have a copy of the system.ini file....so let's have a look. > >First, boot into Safe Mode, then click Start> Settings> Folder Options> View tab, and click to enable "Show All Files" and click OK. >Open Windows Explorer or My Computer, and navigate to the C:\Windows\Sysbckup folder. >Look for some files named in this format: rb###.cab, where ### will be something like 001 or 002, and so on. >Open the most recently-dated one using WinZip, and see if a copy of the system.ini file is enclosed. >If it is, extract the system.ini file to the C:\Windows folder, then restart windows and see if it will start in normal mode. >If the .cab file does not contain a copy, open another of the rb###.cab files, until you find one with a copy of the system.ini >If none have a copy, or if there are no .cab files there, we will have to try an alternate method to create a basic system.ini file. >> Hi again.... >> [quoted text clipped - 132 lines] > >. So, if I am reading that correctly, you can boot into normal mode now, without error? If that is the case, I am glad you were able to get it worked out, and thanks for the feedback. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Glen, > [quoted text clipped - 233 lines] > > > >. |
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