Posts by EPhantom

I just tried to check the startup processes through
Start>Run>MSConfig
but when I try to, it promps me to choose what to open the file with... is this due to rundll.exe being missing?

Insert her XP installation cd, go Start, Run, and enter:
sfc /scannow
That should replace it. It will not be in the caches because WIndows would have already restored it to system32 if it was there.

Can't do that, she didn't recieve any OS CD's when she got her laptop.

So... that being the case... Is the only way for me to get a new rundll32 on her old laptop, to copy the one on the new laptop/download a new one, and transfer it over to her old one? or will the Win7 version of rundll32 different from XP, or does it not exist on Win7?

(she doesn't want me to do much on this laptop because her dad is still upset that the other one is dead... one reason why I want to get the old one back up and running again)

so I"m at my friends house and her old laptop died and she had to get a new one. the old one used to not be able to open internet explorer (I found closing a suspicious process fixed that problem) but now there are two more problems (one possible extra that will be determined afterwards) that need to be solved.

When I try to open anything in the controll pannel it says that rundll32.exe cannot be found. I read online that there are supposed to be two folders that contain extras of it in them (a dllcache, and windowsbackup) neither of which I could locate. Is there any possiblility that there is an extra copy of rundll32 on the laptop, or do I have to go online/copy it from another computer to replace the rundll32 on the bad laptop? (i was able to locate it manually but I'm guessing it is corrupt and needs to be located, if you don't think it is corrupt please inform me that my diagnosis and prognosis are incorrect and why, I'd like to learn from this too =p )

Also I was going to post more information about the laptop in here, but when I tried to go into "system information", I was propt to indicate what program to open it with... is this due to rundll being corrupt or no? I am guessing that it is due to rundll being corrupt.

one other thing that I would like to know …

Okay I found it :) ... Now I'm wondering if my college's degree would actually mean something or not in the employment realm.

So is there a place for me to be able to check where my colleges ranking is or what?

And the Computer Science major has only 40 credits of requirements for it (plus 9 hours of electives in specific fields) , does that seem correct or no?

Edit: I just read over an old post from 2003 about someone wondering if they should major in CS or CE/or the likes. and he said one reason why he was thinking about not getting into it is because not many people were getting jobs in it at the time.

Are people getting jobs in programming easily right now?

So This is my fourth semester in college and I thought I was going to get into electrical engineering, but I've been having problems with my physics class (again). But this semester Im also taking CPS180, a basic computer programming class based off of Java. I find it very fun, and right now am trying to make a program to help me memorize formulas for my physics class.

But now I'm thinking about changing my major, due to how much I seem to be enjoying making codes (even though I'm still a grasshopper) But I have NO idea what such a major would be called. I looked at my campus' major listing, and couldn't find anything that seemed like it was talking about programming.

So I guess my real question(s) are what would the major in programming be called, what kinds of programs to programmers work on (general programmers and high grade), and what is the general pay of a programmer?

Thank You :)

P.S. This site is already helping me make this memorization program. :)