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Name: Karen C.
Date: March 28, 2000 at 09:39:23 Pacific
Comment:

Whenever I try to access system info from
start/programs/accessories/system tools I
can't get into it. I get an error message
that msinfo32.exe performed an illegal
operation. I did a virus scan and it
detected a RBTG (or RBGT) bug, but I couldn't
clean it. Is it the bug that is not allowing
me access to system information, or is it
soemthing else?? If it is the bug, how do I
get a clean msinfo32.exe file? Any
assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Than



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Response Number 1
Name: Hlloona
Date: March 28, 2000 at 11:10:03 Pacific
Reply:

What happens when you use the run box to launch it?
Start/Run, type: msinfo32, click ok.

FYI: MSINFO is on your W98 CD, In .cab #41,
Use sfc to extract & replace it.
Learn about sfc here:
www.surecool.com/sfc.htm


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Response Number 2
Name: ferret4uall
Date: March 28, 2000 at 11:20:09 Pacific
Reply:

Neither the RBTG (or RBGT) bug, is on my virus list.
Using Norton 5.01.03c Anti Virus.


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Response Number 3
Name: Karen C.
Date: March 28, 2000 at 12:05:52 Pacific
Reply:

I get the same error when I try to run
msinfo32 from start/run too. My computer
came with a cd but it was my impression that
I should only use it for a complete restore,
which would reformat the entire hard drive to
it's original state when first purchased. I
really don't want to do that at this point
(yikes!) I ran system file checker and it
didn't show any problems.

I used McAfee for my virus scan and it
notified me of that virus, but I couldn't
find any explanation of it on their website
either. Wierd. Don't know what it is -
maybe it's an abbreviation of some other
virus - who knows.

Thanks for


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Response Number 4
Name: Hlloona
Date: March 28, 2000 at 19:11:18 Pacific
Reply:

If this happened in the last few days,
boot to dos, type scanreg & replace the registry with an earlier version prior to it happening.The default is setup to keep copies for 5 days.
Run Scandisk as well.
I will put a copy of msinfo32.exe on my download page if you like.Since it's not a system file you can replace it while in Windows, without having to use dos.


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Response Number 5
Name: David Cheong
Date: April 2, 2001 at 07:34:01 Pacific
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I'm using dual operationg system (Windows 2000 and Me). When I clicked on System Information under "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO\MSINFO32.exe", it's giving the following error message: A required .DLL, MFC42U.DLL was not found. When I copy that file from WINNT folder and I clicked back again, the following message appeared: The file cannot be loaded on Windows 95/3.1. It takes advantage of Unicode features only avaialbe on Windows NT. How to fix? Please help me.


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Response Number 6
Name: Tim Butler
Date: July 22, 2001 at 10:21:26 Pacific
Reply:

I have exact same problem as David Cheong. Has anyone solved it yet?

Thanks!


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