msvcrt.dll???????

OS= W98 SE, BROWSER = IE6.

The other day I installed software so I could play around with the pictures
of my Nikon coolpix 3200 on my PC. My browser keeps on crashing now and I
belive that the file "msvcrt.dll" is screwing things up........

This is the message....

"IE has encountered a problem and needs to close"

"App name ieplore.exe App ver 6.0.2800.1106 Mod name msvcrt.dll Mod ver
6.1.8293.0 offset 000154a7"

Whats going on?????????





















OS is Windows 98 SE, browser is IE6. Windows update is used and everything
is up to date. I'm using Norton AV, up to date virus defn, and did a full
system scan yesterday evening which found no viruses.

Up until yesterday morning everything on my PC appeared to stable and
working ok.

I've just got a Nikon 3200 Coolpix digital camera and yesterday morning
installed the associated software on my PC. The installed software was Nikon
View, Panorama maker and Quick Time 5 (I've been to the Apple site and
updated this to version 6.5.1). Installation went fine and I was able to
transfer images from the camera to my PC ok.

Since then my IE6 has become very unstable whilst browsing and on certain
sites such as www.play.com it always crashes. I am getting the same error
message everytime it crashes....

"Microsoft IE has encountered a problem and needs to close....."

The error report/error signature is -

App name - iexplore.exe App ver - 6.0.2800.1106
Mod name - msvcrt.dll Mod ver - 6.1.8293.0 Offset -
000154a7

If I report the error to Microsoft I dont get any info regarding the error
from them.

Anyone got any ideas whats going on/how to fix my browser?

Thanks

Lawrence

 

<Program> Causes Invalid Page Fault Error in Msvcrt.dll
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192123

 

Best guess is msvcrt.dll which is a common Dll used by applications on
the computer has been overlaid by a version of msvcrt.dll that IE is not
compatible with. This may be due to the version that replaced the one
that IE was using is an older version and some functionality that IE is
expecting is missing. This can happen when software is being installed by
a 3rd party vendor who supplies everything it needs to make a software
work, which can break other applications if installed in the System32 (a
common directory - everyone goes there looking for things) and is an
outdated version of a program component.

It is known as Dll Hell. As more and more vendors start using the Net.
Technology to create applications, this will not happen anymore as dll(s)
are kept private to an application that needs it and no dll(s) will not
use or have paths set in the Registry.

What you may need to do is put back the dll that IE likes. You can go to
someone who as the same O/S and compare version numbers date and time
with msvcrt.dll in System32 and you can copy that dll and replace the one
on your machine to see if it works with IE. But here comes the DLL Hell
part, the other application that installed its version may not work.

Duane

 

Windows 98
1.. Click Start, and then click Run.
2.. In the Open box, type SFC, and then click OK.
3.. In the System File Checker dialog box that appears, click Extract one
file from installation disk.
4.. In the Specify the system file you would like to restore box, type
Msvcrt.dll, and then click Start.
5.. In the Restore from box, browse to your Windows 98 installation CD.

NOTE: If you have an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) installation of
Windows 98, the Windows installation files may be stored in the following
location:
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS

6.. In the Save file in box, type C:\, and then click OK. You receive the
following message:
Extract File

The file has been successfully extracted.

Click OK.
7.. Repeat steps 3 through 6 but substitute Msvcirt.dll for Msvcrt.dll.
8.. Quit System File Checker, and then restart the computer in MS-DOS
mode.
9.. At the command prompt, type Rename C:\Windows\System\Msvcrt.dll
Msvcrt.old, and then press ENTER.
10.. Type Rename C:\Windows\System\Msvcirt.dll Msvcirt.old, and then press
ENTER.
11.. Type Copy C:\Msvcrt.dll C:\Windows\System, and then press ENTER.
12.. Type Copy C:\Msvcirt.dll C:\Windows\System, and then press ENTER.
13.. Restart the computer.

 

Try Getting out of DLL Hell

about what Duane said... that makes sense, so if you can get another dll, try the next article to ensure that your application opens the good dll.

Get out of DLL Hell

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/WindowsConfidential/

I haven't done, so let me know if that works.


Regards,
Juan