rundll32.exe error 2

[bobbyp21]

I'm running XP Pro on a peer to peer network of 6 computers. I had an error on one of the computers last week and it had to do with a corrupted area on the hard drive. It said to run chkdsk which it automatically ran when I rebooted. Ever since than however, when I go to print from within the main program we use to run our machine shop I get a dos window popup with the following:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll, SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {601ac3dc-786a-4eb0-bf40ee.... than I can't read the rest. If I stop this process nothing prints. If I let it go it takes about one whole minute to print a page. It comes up everytime that I print from this computer from this software.

I ran a full defrag Friday but the problem remains.

I would appreciate any help that anyone can provide me.

Thanks,

bobbpy21

 

[Jontmke]

First thing to do is to delete and reinstall the printer drivers. But, it could be a critical file that Windows needs to print with and you may never find out. You can try to the System File checker. In the Run box type this:
sfc /scannow
It will check for changed system files and ask if you want to replace bad ones.
If neither of these work you might have to do a "Inplace Upgrade" of XP. A reinstall of Windows.

Jon

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Bertrand Russell)

 

[linney]

Are there any errors or further information in the Event Viewer log?

 

[bobbyp21]

The Event Viewer is giving a DCOM error message of the following:

The server {601AC3DC-786A-4EB0-EE3521E70BFB} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout

This is happened multiple times in the event viewer.

 

[linney]

Take any event error I.D. number and search for it on this site.

http://www.eventid.net/events.asp

http://www.iisfaq.com/default.aspx?View=A519&P=123

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=T...ut&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&scoring=d

 

[bobbyp21]

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I believe the problem was fixed using sfc /scannow, but it never asked me to replace any files, but since trying that the problem is gone.

I really appreciate your help.

bobbyp21

 

[linney]

Have a look in the Event Viewer for any changes made by the System File checking program.

 

[bobbyp21]

linney,

The Event Viewer did show several file errors and replacements including the rundll32.exe file.

Thanks.

bobbyp21