What is msgsrv32 and why does it stop responding?

[Spoooon]

My computer periodically locks up because msgsrv32 stops responding. I can ctrl-alt-del and end it, and then the computer works fine, except that I'm no longer connected to the internet. Any way to fix? Using Win98.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
My computer periodically locks up because msgsrv32 stops responding. I can ctrl-alt-del and end it, and then the computer works fine, except that I'm no longer connected to the internet. Any way to fix? Using Win98.

msn messenger?

 

[bsobel]

Msgsrv32 is an OS component that broadcasts notifications to win32 ring3 apps from ring0. It's a fairly fragile peice of the OS (but I can't tell you what might be screwed up on your system messing with it).

I do generally hate these 'run a real OS' responses, but 98 is pretty old now. If you don't want to upgrade I'd suggest at least considering 98se. And if you are interested in upgrading, I'd suggest skipping ME (treat it like the plauge ) and go to XP.

Bill

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Msgsrv32 is an OS component that broadcasts notifications to win32 ring3 apps from ring0. It's a fairly fragile peice of the OS (but I can't tell you what might be screwed up on your system messing with it).

I do generally hate these 'run a real OS' responses, but 98 is pretty old now. If you don't want to upgrade I'd suggest at least considering 98se. And if you are interested in upgrading, I'd suggest skipping ME (treat it like the plauge ) and go to XP.

Bill

Well, I had Win2k but something happened to the CD. The install locks up midway through the process and now I can't even find the damn thing since I packed and unpacked everything in my apartment when the carpet people came over. I was running Linux, but I got tired of not being able to play games, so I dug up my old Win98 cd.