msgsvr32 not responding

[erzebet]

Hello-

hope someone out there can help me. I have had cable modem service for 4 months without incident. However, recently my machine began to hang while accessing the internet. I'd cntrl-alt-delete and task mgr would show that MSGSVR32.exe stopped responding. I end that task and attempt to access the net again, but to no avail. Reboot, access the net for a few minutes and sure enough that file fails to respond. I called tech support and was told that Windows is causing my problem - not the modem. Checked microsoft's site - no luck there. Does anybody know what this file does, why it loads and why it hangs up my system all of a sudden? I have an external motorola surfboard modem, connected to a USB port. The system is an AMD K7 950. I have already tried doing a clean install of WIN 98 SE and that did not fix the problem. I have been using a Toshiba laptop with the cable modem successfully without problems, however I'd much rather be using my desktop.... thanks.

[xbit]

Try going to start-run-type msconfig-go to startup tab- and you can uncheck MSGSVR32.exe or any program you don't wan't to startup when you boot.

[Kip Patterson]

Welcome to Speedguide!

Msgsrv32 is an integral part of Windows and is involved in many tasks. See the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/support.../9/87.asp?FR=1

for one possibility.

You can serach for msgsrv32 using Google and find a lot of notes about problems.

Kip

[erzebet]

Thanks for all of the advice folks. All the links were educational, though I havn't solved my problem. So, I purchased Win ME and a new mobo (I did find out that a usb port on my board was bad) and I am startin from scratch... we'll see how it goes! Thanks again!