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• Application of C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe missing on Vista Home premium computer

  C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe Application missing - this is the error I get trying to start programs from the start menu. Also, I get errors on the .exe files in the control panel. I can't pull up in my sound options to change the speakers to the headphones, it affects everything. I have the rundll32.exe file but for some reason it isn't let me pull up anything. I can pull some things as an administrator. Most of the programs will shoot to the top of the window 'Open with' and I don't really know what opens to some things, like the sound options window. What is the cause? And how can I solve this problem?

  Hello

  If you get the rundll32 error:

  What is rundll32.exe and why it works?
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/what-is-rundll32exe-and-why-is-it-running/

  What is the suspicious Rundll32.exe process?
  http://WindowsXP.MVPs.org/Rundll32.htm

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  Try these to erase corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type in the search - find top COMMAND - made box an CLICK RIGHT-
  RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe)
  program generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Then run checkdisk - schedule it to run at the next startup, then apply OK your way out then
  turn it back on.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  If no joy trying to determine what is the cause:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062
  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes without doing anything - then right
  Click on taskbar - task manager - take a look at stored by - Services - process - this
  is a quick reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, to consult
  that).

  How to check and change Vista startup programs
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

  A quick check to see who are loading is method 2 - using MSCONFIG then after a
  a list of these here.

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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out what are the files, registry keys and other objects processes have
  Open, which DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show same
  you who owns each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured so that it starts automatically when your
  system boots and you log in. Autoruns shows you the complete list of files and registry locations
  where applications can configure Auto-start settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL activity in
  in real time.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

  -Free - WhatsInStartUP this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded
  automatically when Windows starts. For each request, the following information
  appears: product Type of startup (registry/Startup folder), Command - Line String,
  Name, file Version, company name, location in the registry or the file system and more.
  It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted programs that run in your Windows
  startup.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/index.html

  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not.
  The window Watcher says it all, every window created by all programs that are running, the statement
  If the window is visible or not.
  http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
  http://www.KarenWare.com/

  Hope these helps.

  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• On the computer of the opening, this message: c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe.

  I searched the drivers and utilities cd that came w/my computer and the operating system cd and do not find this file there.  Don't know what to do from this point on.  Cannot remove programs without this file.  Thanks for any help!

  When you try to open a control panel applet, you see a message like this:

  Control Panel
  Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe '.  Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again.  To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click search.

  If the file is actually missing, it was probably quarantined (actually deleted) by some program antivirus or antimalware you use.

  You might want to reconsider some anti-virus or anti-malware software, you use and whether or not they are effective to protect your system.

  You can look in the c:\windows\system32 folder and see if the file is actually missing or not, but if it is really missing, you must replace it somehow.

  Since the file is one of the protected files 3498 who cares about XP, needed a backup copy of the file on your system in a few other cases.  You must do what the message says and search for the file.

  Click Start, search, for files and folders... and in the search box, enter:

  Rundll32.exe

  The click the search button to search for you the hard drive for a copy of the missing file.

  You can find a copy of the file that is missing in these folders:

  c:\Windows\System32\dllcache
  c:\windows\ServicePackFiles\i386

  If you find a copy in one of these two files, copy and paste it in the c:\windows\system32 folder.  There may be other files rundll32.exe on your system of MS updates, but they can only be those you need (they could work maybe).

  Answered in the affirmative if invited to replace the existing file.

  If you cannot find a copy of the file in one of these two places, there is one on my SkyDrive, you can download.  Here's how:

  I downloaded a copy of XP Pro SP3 file you need on my SkyDrive (everyone has a SkyDrive for file sharing).

  You can download it and when you do, place a copy of the file in these two folders (assuming that Windows is installed on your C drive):

  c:\Windows\System32
  c:\Windows\System32\dllcache (this is where XP keeps backups of important files).

  Here is the link to my SkyDrive and you can get the file you need here:
  https://SkyDrive.live.com/?CID=6a7e789cab1d6f39&ID=6A7E789CAB1D6F39! 311

  When you see the files available for download, you can not see the file extension (.exe, .dll, .cpl, .sys, .zip, etc.), but when download you them they will have the right extension.

  When you download the file (especially if you use Internet Explorer), when you get a chance to save the file, your browser is unable to save the file with an extension (by example, .exe, .dll, .cpl, .sys, .zip, etc) then you will need to manually add the extension appropriate to the file when you download the file before you save it.

  You can download the file without the extension, and then rename the file to add the appropriate extension.  You do not want to use a file called rundll32 when the name of the file should really be called rundll32.exe (if the downloaded file has no extension, you will need to change the name of the file to add the appropriate extension to make it work.

  You then put the downloaded files in the correct folders on your system.

  Note that advice to run sfc/scannow will not replace a file rundll32.exe missing in the system32 folder.  If you need to prove that to yourself, I also have instructions for it.

• When I turn on my computer it tells me that I need to activate windows. I click on 'YES' it takes me to the activation page and says that Windows is already activated.

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  When I turn on my computer it tells me that I need to activate windows. I click on 'YES' it takes me to the activation page and says that Windows is already activated. All I can do is, click 'OK' and he takes me into a log on screen with my name on it and goes through the same process, as described at the beginning of this statement. I'm in a loop. The only way out is to wipe my hard drive and reload windows new who, within 30 days, it will do no doubt once again. How to do this?
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  1. don't you make changes to the computer until the problem occurred?

  I suggest you to see link below and check if it helps.

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• Computer does not open a floppy disk. He continues to say that they need to get in shape

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  Try to get data from old floppy disks can be a nightmare.  For starters, the magnetic media is not particularly stable and the disk may simply have deteriorated.

  More likely, however, that you use in the problem of the "media descriptor block.

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• How to restore the windows/system32/rundll32.exe to my computer to be able to access Add / Remove programs in the control panel

  Original title: rundll

  How to restore the windows/system32/rundll32.exe to my computer in order to access the ad / remove programs in Control Panel

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  -You have the CD ROM Windows XP disc?

  I suggest you to follow the steps in this article to resolve the problem.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/812340

• I moved my hard drive to another computer and once connected to windows told me that I need to activate windows?

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  Hello George,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  1. What is the brand and model of the computer?
  2. You did changes to the computer before the show?

  You can try the following methods and check if they help:

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