Solved Event error message correction

Hi all,

I have been investigating various event error messages recently & wanted to share some basic techniques to find possible solutions to the errors in google.

This is a new one below.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/12/2010 9:56:58 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXX-PC
Description:
Faulting application rundll32.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b0e1, faulting module SynTPCpl.dll, version 10.1.7.0, time stamp 0x474f6876, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0002e29f, process id 0x1110, application start

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This is all the informatuion needed to get a Google search going.

Now enter a search request in google for: -

Error event 1000 rundll32.exe SynTPCpl.dll

Google

Now start looking through the results to identify possible causes & actions which could sortout/ resolve the issue.

For a breakdown of event error codes look here: -

http://www.eventid.net/

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qid=66867&query=event+id&catalog=LCID%3D2057&mode=r

Thanks for sharing, Paul. Truly information that can be used by many.

Thank you Richard,

First thread creation & all.

I wanted to post some useful information hence the post. Hopefully this thread will assist others in a self help situation.

P.S. Lorien "Twisted my arm" & he invoked the thought for the thread. You know how that might of hurt!

Was that the broken arm?

You know your stuff, eh.