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"Run DLL as App has encountered a problem" error when starting Windows XP System Restore

The procedure seems to force a disable setting change to System Restore with the service control then an enabling step with the normal interface.

Doesn't this stand the cahnce of causing a possible later restore corruption as I was under the impression that to clear out the old restore points a reboot was required?

If so, this should be done between steps 6 and 7.

I did as suggested but it did not work, I keep getting the same message as above.. Anyother suggestions....I actually replaced my hard drive and used the utilities to transfer files......
Need more help.

Thanks,
MC

I've been having this error message come up while I try to use the Screen Saver tab in my Display properties. When ever I click on it I recieve this message:

Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience

Its very strange and while my screen saver does work it doesn't allow me to change it from what it was before because I can no longer access the settings page for it. There is also an error log created in applications log after this error occurs and it looks like this:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 10/24/2004
Time: 12:56:46 PM
User: N/A
Computer: EQMACHINE
Description:
Faulting application rundll32.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module themeui.dll, version 6.0.2800.1106, fault address 0x0001f729.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 72 75 6e ure run
0018: 64 6c 6c 33 32 2e 65 78 dll32.ex
0020: 65 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 e 5.1.26
0028: 30 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 00.2180
0030: 69 6e 20 74 68 65 6d 65 in theme
0038: 75 69 2e 64 6c 6c 20 36 ui.dll 6
0040: 2e 30 2e 32 38 30 30 2e .0.2800.
0048: 31 31 30 36 20 61 74 20 1106 at
0050: 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 offset 0
0058: 30 30 31 66 37 32 39 0d 001f729.
0060: 0a .

I've been having this problem for maybe 3weeks now and searching the internet hasn't proven useful. Also this problem occured during a time in which I had a bad RAM card in so it might be a problem created by that either way I dont know how to fix it and any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Steven

I can chnage screen savers but not themes or appearance. Also I no longer have the welcome screen at login, just the old login box for the last user.
Mine started after loaded some themes for my kid off the net.

i have tried installing ad-aware se personal from lavasoft website and doing a full scan...even done it in safe mode...then i even unchecked the rundll in msconfig but alll to no avail...so wats the solution actually ;(

I have the same problem and I have the same error message "Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience". In addition I have a DrWatsom Postmortem Debugger error - "DrWatson Postmortem Debugger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Run a Dll as a App
error signature:
AppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: mshtml.dll
ModVer: 6.0.2900.2604 Offset: 0024e2b1

DrWatson Postmortem Debugger
error signature:
EventType : BEX P1 : drwtsn32.exe P2 : 5.1.2600.0 P3 : 3b7d84a2
P4 : dbghelp.dll P5 : 5.1.2600.2180 P6 : 4110969a P7 : 0001295d
P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000

Im not sure when this started occuring.

On 12/17/04 MS "Automatic Updates" installed four "Security" updates in my Win XP Pro. My system crashed, a retart took over ten minutes. I found my "Sys Restore" completely empty, so it took 5 days to clean up everything. MS help just passed the buck from one desk to another every 24 hours. One problem was ".net" clobbered - suggest you review MS Knowledge Base article #316250, page 2, item 5.7 about .net damages.

such a beautiful and elegant solution. saved me a lot of headache. I updated my drive (cloned with Norton Ghost) to a larger capacity. I lost the "system restore" functionality. same error. so I followed the steps (first stopped the service and then disabled it). The rest followed the steps.
activated system restore on both partitions and took the new first snapshot. Thanks for the help

i recently purchased a brand new laptop pc (Acer) which ive had for about a week and i keep getting this message popping up and cant seem to get rid of it.. it is annoying me and keeps shutting down important programmes im trying to use.

please if anyone could help could you please email me at amz_p@hotmail.com , it would be greatfully appreciated.

Thanks


Amit

Solution worked like a charm for me. Besides setting the service to "disabled" I also "stopped" it, tho I don't know if that was necessary.

Great directions, worked without a hitch.

Tried this but didnt work

ROCK SOLID FIX! THANKS!!

I had previously faced a different problem on my computer so i had formatted it but after installing the win xp sp2 operating system everything is nice after installing the other softwares than after restarting the computer a plate appears with the message ""Run DLL as App has encountered a problem" error when starting Windows XP and need to close down", so i there any way to solved this problem please let me know as soon as possible. Awaiting your earliest response beacuse i have formatted thrice still now but the problem is the same.

Who knew that just restarting System restore corrected the problem! Also corrected chkdsk /F problem. I spent an inordinate amount of time on this Reinstalled SR, scannow run, countless virus scans, registry hacks, countless time on the internet....

Just about to reinstall xp and lose my data! Now I'm good!

Some times looking for a complex fix can complicate matters, Thank you again for the solution!

Also corrected Drwatson problem too!