Multiple Rundll32 Instances Running on W7

[Barkhorn1x]

Hello all.

Installed RTW on my W7 box.
- Put it in C:\
- Disabled UAC (did that after installing the first game on my PC)
- Set as Admin compatible w/ WinXP SP 2

Worked fine yesterday and this morning hit the icon and it just sat there w/ the blue circle going round and round. Went to Task Manager and found 100+ instances of Rundll32 running and taking up resources.

Anyone have this issue? Any solution?

[irishron]

Restart your computer and see if it works. Sometimes Windows startup does not work, even with win7. I've already had it do it to me.

[Barkhorn1x]

Tried that already - no joy.

[irishron]

How many programs do you have running in the background? http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...is-it-running/ may explain part of it.

[Barkhorn1x]

How many programs do you have running in the background? http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...is-it-running/ may explain part of it.

Thanks for your help but I don't think that's it. I run lean and mean - been doing this for years now - and, as I stated, this issue just began happening.

Very strange.

[irishron]

Do you have alist of all the programs tied to rundll32?
I just put in my BI disc and fired Solvo Populus and no problems I also checked while typing this I have zero rundll32s in Task manager.
Go into msconfig, and disable everying thar's not Windows, graphics, sound, antivirus/firewall, and then try it.
Run a good antivirus program along with a good antispyware program along with a good malware program.

I am running Win 7 64 bit with UAC disabled with Rome installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision and if I'm going to have problems, it's here.
I also have .Net framework 4, and June, 2010 Diectx 9 update installed, Nvidia 257 graphics drivers.

I am starting to think you got a virus.

[Barkhorn1x]

OK - I have narrowed it down to a disc initailization issue. And, I know that the disc and DVD player are fine as the disc is read - menu comes up - it just doesn't initialize. This is happening to another game I play (CFS3) and we have a report of .Net framework 4.0 update causing the issue. I am going to check my update history and perhaps rollback.

Or find a "somethin/somethin" that will take care of the issue

[irishron]

It works with .Net 4 for me.

See if http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en will copy over it. I know it still works with Rome.

[Barkhorn1x]

It works with .Net 4 for me.

See if http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en will copy over it. I know it still works with Rome.

Thanks, gonna uninistall .Net 4 and try that link d/l.

[Barkhorn1x]

Update.

Deleted .Net 4.0 – RTW worked fine.

Then d/l’d the full .Net 4.0 package (3.5 is not compatible w/ W7 64bit) from the M$ site and installed – RTW worked fine.

So…must have been a corrupted install from the Windows auto update procedure.

Thanks for your help here.

[irishron]

Glad to hear it. Enjoy the game. Closed.