Display colour & size help- error in MMSYSTEM.DLL

Hi, I hope some one can help me out!
I turned on my computer this morning after a normal shut down last night...
When I turned it on the colour was set to 16 with large icons. I changed it
and restarted it and it just popped up the same. I tired afew times with the
same resul;t... when it restarts it says " Error: Rundll has caused an erro
in MMSYSTEM.DLL. Rundll will now close." Could not fix the problem, so I
tired to do a system restore, which I have never done. Tried to do it for 3
different days, and each time when the computer restarted its said "Rstrui
has caused an error inn KERNEL32.DLL. Rstrui will now close." And then it
says system restore could not be completed. I mainly just want to get my
colour and icon size back to normal, but I have no clue why it wont work..
any ideas?? Thanks a lot!
Jenna

Jenna
First try this....
Start|Run
type
SCANREG /FIX
and click OK - Windows will ask for a reboot
After the reboot,
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your display problem.

Try creating a new System Restore point - what is the EXACT error mesage
you get (if any?)


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"JennaT" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope some one can help me out!
I turned on my computer this morning after a normal shut down last
night...
When I turned it on the colour was set to 16 with large icons. I changed
it
and restarted it and it just popped up the same. I tired afew times with
the
same resul;t... when it restarts it says " Error: Rundll has caused an
erro
in MMSYSTEM.DLL. Rundll will now close." Could not fix the problem, so I
tired to do a system restore, which I have never done. Tried to do it for
3
different days, and each time when the computer restarted its said "Rstrui
has caused an error inn KERNEL32.DLL. Rstrui will now close." And then it
says system restore could not be completed. I mainly just want to get my
colour and icon size back to normal, but I have no clue why it wont work..
any ideas?? Thanks a lot!
Jenna

Thanks so much for your help!! Problem solved, everything is back to
normal.Only thing is the "rundll" error I mentioned above is still popping up
when I load windows. Not sure f that is going to affect anything?? Thanks
again for your help!


"Noel Paton" wrote:

Jenna
First try this....
Start|Run
type
SCANREG /FIX
and click OK - Windows will ask for a reboot
After the reboot,
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your display problem.

Try creating a new System Restore point - what is the EXACT error mesage
you get (if any?)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"JennaT" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope some one can help me out!
I turned on my computer this morning after a normal shut down last
night...
When I turned it on the colour was set to 16 with large icons. I changed
it
and restarted it and it just popped up the same. I tired afew times with
the
same resul;t... when it restarts it says " Error: Rundll has caused an
erro
in MMSYSTEM.DLL. Rundll will now close." Could not fix the problem, so I
tired to do a system restore, which I have never done. Tried to do it for
3
different days, and each time when the computer restarted its said "Rstrui
has caused an error inn KERNEL32.DLL. Rstrui will now close." And then it
says system restore could not be completed. I mainly just want to get my
colour and icon size back to normal, but I have no clue why it wont work..
any ideas?? Thanks a lot!
Jenna

Chances are that the rundll error relates to other device problems - are
there any flagged entries in Device manager (in Safe Mode, particularly)??

If not - look in your SYSTEM.INI file - in the section headed [boot] there
should be an entry

drivers=mmsystem.dll

If not, then insert that line, save the file, and reboot - see if that
helps.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"JennaT" wrote in message
...
Thanks so much for your help!! Problem solved, everything is back to
normal.Only thing is the "rundll" error I mentioned above is still popping
up
when I load windows. Not sure f that is going to affect anything?? Thanks
again for your help!


"Noel Paton" wrote:

Jenna
First try this....
Start|Run
type
SCANREG /FIX
and click OK - Windows will ask for a reboot
After the reboot,
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your display problem.

Try creating a new System Restore point - what is the EXACT error
mesage
you get (if any?)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"JennaT" wrote in message
...
Hi, I hope some one can help me out!
I turned on my computer this morning after a normal shut down last
night...
When I turned it on the colour was set to 16 with large icons. I
changed
it
and restarted it and it just popped up the same. I tired afew times
with
the
same resul;t... when it restarts it says " Error: Rundll has caused an
erro
in MMSYSTEM.DLL. Rundll will now close." Could not fix the problem, so
I
tired to do a system restore, which I have never done. Tried to do it
for
3
different days, and each time when the computer restarted its said
"Rstrui
has caused an error inn KERNEL32.DLL. Rstrui will now close." And then
it
says system restore could not be completed. I mainly just want to get
my
colour and icon size back to normal, but I have no clue why it wont
work..
any ideas?? Thanks a lot!
Jenna

Well I just noticed my sound card is not working- its says that it may be in
use by another application.. I am going to try what you said and see what
happens...