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wat is rundll32?
Name: P Date: December 2, 2002 at 13:44:08 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 600/192
Comment:
Can somebody tell me wat rundll32.dll or rundll is? and is it necesary to have it in the startup (ie, in the msconfig startup tab)
Name: aldo Date: December 2, 2002 at 14:23:42 Pacific
Reply:
good question, i wouldnt touch it though, its microsoft code. whats the path its pointing too? windows or windows\system32
i'd leave it be
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Response Number 2
Name: Brian Rignall Date: December 2, 2002 at 15:05:02 Pacific
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It is the DLL [Dynamic Link Library] loader. A system will not function correctly without this DLL present.
Rundll loads and runs 16-bit DLLs, whereas Rundll32 loads and runs 32-bit DLLs.
If you pass the wrong type of DLL to Rundll or Rundll32, it may fail to run without indicating any error messages.
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Response Number 3
Name: Random Date: December 2, 2002 at 16:54:18 Pacific
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If it's in startup, it's probably to load either the QuickRes utility or power profiles.
QuickRes (shown as TaskBar Display Controls) allows you to change the screen resolution and color depth using an icon in the System Tray, and power profiles (Shown as LoadPowerProfile in MSConfig) load the power management settings for the machine and the user (hence shown twice in MSConfig)
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Response Number 4
Name: Rambo Date: December 3, 2002 at 09:52:57 Pacific
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