rundll32 stops working

Hi, I am on windows vista sp1 home premium, and I often get a problem
saying rundll32 has stopped working. I googled and found out that this
is often caused due to nero's codecs which interfere with vista, but I
have neither nero nor roxio installed, except that I use the latest
version of vista codec pack. I just checked out by disabling startup
services in msconfig and rebooting each time, but it's all the same
every time, the problem just keeps repeating. I often get the problem
on resuming from standby. Can anybody recommend a solutionn? BTW, i am
on an HP Pavilion dv6846tx.

Problem log from "Problem Reports and Solutions":Product
Windows host process (Rundll32)

Problem
Stopped working

Date
21-09-2008 14:00

Status
Report Sent

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: rundll32.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp: 4549b0e1
Fault Module Name: USER32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
Exception Code: c0000142
Exception Offset: 00009cac
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 16393
Additional Information 1: 9d13
Additional Information 2: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
Additional Information 3: 9d13
Additional Information 4: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 633174191

Update:
I just ran an sfc /scannow and the output was:
Windows resource protection did not find any integrity problems

Vikraman wrote:
> Hi, I am on windows vista sp1 home premium, and I often get a problem
> saying rundll32 has stopped working. I googled and found out that this
> is often caused due to nero's codecs which interfere with vista, but I
> have neither nero nor roxio installed, except that I use the latest
> version of vista codec pack. I just checked out by disabling startup
> services in msconfig and rebooting each time, but it's all the same
> every time, the problem just keeps repeating. I often get the problem
> on resuming from standby. Can anybody recommend a solutionn? BTW, i am
> on an HP Pavilion dv6846tx.
>
> Problem log from "Problem Reports and Solutions":Product
> Windows host process (Rundll32)
>
> Problem
> Stopped working
>
> Date
> 21-09-2008 14:00
>
> Status
> Report Sent
>
> Problem signature
> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
> Application Name: rundll32.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
> Application Timestamp: 4549b0e1
> Fault Module Name: USER32.dll
> Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
> Exception Code: c0000142
> Exception Offset: 00009cac
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 16393
> Additional Information 1: 9d13
> Additional Information 2: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
> Additional Information 3: 9d13
> Additional Information 4: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
>
> Extra information about the problem
> Bucket ID: 633174191

Hi,

Rundll32.exe loads and runs routines from 32-bit library (.dll) files and is
used by a large number of both system and third party program processes.
Codecs are only one of the many possibilities. Basically, the first thing
you need to do is decipher whether it's a system problem or a third party
program problem. Boot to safe mode, does the problem occur here? If not,
it's most likely a third party program that is causing the issue as they are
disabled in safe mode. Selectively disabling them, as you have already
started doing, is the next step, but don't overlook things like antivirus
and antimalware programs as they can be the cause as well. It is also
possible that this is being caused by malware that your av solution is
trying to prevent.

It may help to run process explorer to see if it can isolate what loaded
module is causing the failure. You can download it here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Vikraman" <> wrote in message
news:bd16c37e-a1e4-44ce-b566-...
> Hi, I am on windows vista sp1 home premium, and I often get a problem
> saying rundll32 has stopped working. I googled and found out that this
> is often caused due to nero's codecs which interfere with vista, but I
> have neither nero nor roxio installed, except that I use the latest
> version of vista codec pack. I just checked out by disabling startup
> services in msconfig and rebooting each time, but it's all the same
> every time, the problem just keeps repeating. I often get the problem
> on resuming from standby. Can anybody recommend a solutionn? BTW, i am
> on an HP Pavilion dv6846tx.
>
> Problem log from "Problem Reports and Solutions":Product
> Windows host process (Rundll32)
>
> Problem
> Stopped working
>
> Date
> 21-09-2008 14:00
>
> Status
> Report Sent
>
> Problem signature
> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
> Application Name: rundll32.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
> Application Timestamp: 4549b0e1
> Fault Module Name: USER32.dll
> Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
> Exception Code: c0000142
> Exception Offset: 00009cac
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 16393
> Additional Information 1: 9d13
> Additional Information 2: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
> Additional Information 3: 9d13
> Additional Information 4: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
>
> Extra information about the problem
> Bucket ID: 633174191

Vikraman wrote:
> Update:
> I just ran an sfc /scannow and the output was:
> Windows resource protection did not find any integrity problems
>

That's not your problem. Something is trying to use rundll32, it's not
interfacing with rundll32 correctly and it's causing rundll32 to abort.
Think about it, rundll32 hosts 32 bit DLL(s) that need to be hosted.

<http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/rundll32/>

It could even be malware that doing it.

Agreed with Rick here.

Also, it would be very helpful to know what command line rundll32.exe was
being run with, which would indicate exactly what DLL is being invoked here.

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--
"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> Rundll32.exe loads and runs routines from 32-bit library (.dll) files and
> is used by a large number of both system and third party program
> processes. Codecs are only one of the many possibilities. Basically, the
> first thing you need to do is decipher whether it's a system problem or a
> third party program problem. Boot to safe mode, does the problem occur
> here? If not, it's most likely a third party program that is causing the
> issue as they are disabled in safe mode. Selectively disabling them, as
> you have already started doing, is the next step, but don't overlook
> things like antivirus and antimalware programs as they can be the cause as
> well. It is also possible that this is being caused by malware that your
> av solution is trying to prevent.
>
> It may help to run process explorer to see if it can isolate what loaded
> module is causing the failure. You can download it here:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Vikraman" <> wrote in message
> news:bd16c37e-a1e4-44ce-b566-...
>> Hi, I am on windows vista sp1 home premium, and I often get a problem
>> saying rundll32 has stopped working. I googled and found out that this
>> is often caused due to nero's codecs which interfere with vista, but I
>> have neither nero nor roxio installed, except that I use the latest
>> version of vista codec pack. I just checked out by disabling startup
>> services in msconfig and rebooting each time, but it's all the same
>> every time, the problem just keeps repeating. I often get the problem
>> on resuming from standby. Can anybody recommend a solutionn? BTW, i am
>> on an HP Pavilion dv6846tx.
>>
>> Problem log from "Problem Reports and Solutions":Product
>> Windows host process (Rundll32)
>>
>> Problem
>> Stopped working
>>
>> Date
>> 21-09-2008 14:00
>>
>> Status
>> Report Sent
>>
>> Problem signature
>> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
>> Application Name: rundll32.exe
>> Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
>> Application Timestamp: 4549b0e1
>> Fault Module Name: USER32.dll
>> Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
>> Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
>> Exception Code: c0000142
>> Exception Offset: 00009cac
>> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
>> Locale ID: 16393
>> Additional Information 1: 9d13
>> Additional Information 2: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
>> Additional Information 3: 9d13
>> Additional Information 4: 1abee00edb3fc1158f9ad6f44f0f6be8
>>
>> Extra information about the problem
>> Bucket ID: 633174191
>