Cannot open rundll32.exe

Mrembo

Please advice windows has not loaded properly i received the error message cannot open rundll32 error during setup.

Prior to that i had been receving physical dump of memory and that is why i decided to re-install windows.

Please advice i have tried several times and i still get the error messages.

dazza32

thats some type of virus or spyware .........

Browntoa

can be faulty Ram,if you have 2 sticks of ram try removing one at a time and try again

you could also try removing any pci cards, graphics cards etc and trying to boot, also make sure nothing is plugged in the usb ports etc

Mrembo

I have taken out one of the ram and i am in the process of re-installing windows again i will let you know the progress.

There is nothing in the usb port but i would be really uncomrfortable taking out pci cards, graphics cards as i have never done it before.

Do you think the cd rom could be faulty?

Mrembo

I am still having no luck when windows was installing the devices the error appeared again.

jmc160

A Rundll error is usually related to the graphics card (and in my experience, usually Nvidia). It shouldn't really affect the running of your computer. Is it causing issues?

Click Start, Run & type msconfig. Go to Startup tab and expand the Location field. Look for anything that points to Rundll32.exe and disable it.

Then restart the computer and see if you still get the message.

Mrembo

The pc is not working properly due to the errors when installing windows.
Commands like msconfig regedit etc are not working.

If i type msconfig i get the message windows can't find msconfig.exe

Browntoa

Unplug ALL PCI cards, they are not needed for the install, see if it boots then

it's the only way you can check these items

just make a note of which slot they were in

Dennis99

Can you get into the hard drive diagnostics?
Press f12 if and when the Dell boot screen comes up and see if it's listed.
Run it and if you get Fail - Return Code 7 then the hard disc has gone.
If they are still using Maxtor rubbish then I would not be surprised as this happened to me twice with a Dimension 4700 a while back.

Mrembo

I have unplugged the pci cards and tried to install xp but i am in no luck so far.
The disk is not dead yet.

jje_2

I would start from a bare setup .

Ram HD and Video card installed only .
Reinstalling windows best done via a format before install .Though format wipes your entire C drive of everything but that way you get rid of any ongoing software problem .A format will at least clean out all spyware trojans etc but you really need to back everything up to disc if you want to save pictures docs music etc .
After XP install you install drivers for everything the best is to download the latest and put them on a disc .
With a clean windows install you are left with only four components that could still be giving the problem Motherboard unlikely RAM probable try swopping out sticks .Video card borrow a working one and try . Hard drive failing try running makers hard drive tester or other HD testing stuff .
But my guess would be that its either spyware virus related or the usual driver problem .

jje