rundll32 problems

just formatted the hd and reloaded 98se
i am having crashing problems...when i start task manager there will
be two instances of rundll32 and sometimes RNAAP is also listed twice
it is an amd 1150mhz system with 128 meg ram and miles of hard drive

there is a samsung ML 1710 laser printer and an
ACER [now benq] s2w 4300u scanner attached both usb...

i have a gut feeling that one of the above could be the culprit...any
ideas or resources??
thanks in advance...
ray

what does device manager say about USB drivers?
Have you set the LPT/parallel port to ECP?
What is in the startup folder?
What mainboard? VIA chipset? 4in1's done?

"merv" wrote in message news:3fef2eb0.3024749@news-server...
just formatted the hd and reloaded 98se
i am having crashing problems...when i start task manager there will
be two instances of rundll32 and sometimes RNAAP is also listed twice
it is an amd 1150mhz system with 128 meg ram and miles of hard drive

there is a samsung ML 1710 laser printer and an
ACER [now benq] s2w 4300u scanner attached both usb...

i have a gut feeling that one of the above could be the culprit...any
ideas or resources??
thanks in advance...
ray

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:03:43 +0000, merv while doing time wrote:

just formatted the hd and reloaded 98se i am having crashing
problems...when i start task manager there will be two instances of
rundll32 and sometimes RNAAP is also listed twice it is an amd 1150mhz
system with 128 meg ram and miles of hard drive

there is a samsung ML 1710 laser printer and an ACER [now benq] s2w 4300u
scanner attached both usb...

i have a gut feeling that one of the above could be the culprit...any
ideas or resources??
thanks in advance...
ray

I'd disconnect the usb devices to see if the problem goes away,
ie, system crashes. Maybe it's not the rundll32 or the usb devices
causing the problems. What does the bsod say before the crash?

I think you can use msinfo32 or sysinfo32, startup config to see what
programs rundll32 are loading for your system. Miles of hd or that 128m
might be the problem. Rule out memory with memtest86.

More details about the crashes and system might help forum members guess
at your problem.

In article 3fef2eb0.3024749@news-server, merv
writes
just formatted the hd and reloaded 98se
i am having crashing problems...when i start task manager there will
be two instances of rundll32 and sometimes RNAAP is also listed twice
it is an amd 1150mhz system with 128 meg ram and miles of hard drive

there is a samsung ML 1710 laser printer and an
ACER [now benq] s2w 4300u scanner attached both usb...

Click StartRun and type msconfig. Then click on the startup tab and
have a look over on the right-hand side for any lines that start with
rundll32. These will show you which programs use rundll32 to startup.
You can click on the ticks in the boxes on the left to disable those
items at startup, if you believe them to be a possible cause of the
problem.

Rnaapp is used by Dial-up software to access the internet. Guess
something is also trying to dial in.
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