ntvdm cpu has encontered an illegal instruction

Question

when I go into the control panel and click on an icon I get this popup       16 bit ms-dos subsystem        c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe         ntvdm cpu has encontered an illegal instruction          cs:0db4 ip:0102 op:2e8df8c9c2 close to terminate the application and I am unable to enter the file.this message also pops up when I restart my computer.

RoHe · Answer

Sort of a long-shot but go to this link and download the little app to your desktop. Double-click it to run and then reboot. Fixed? http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/16bit_fix.htm Ron

craz4nu · Answer

I ran sfs /scannow on my computer and the popup message is gone.I can now enter all of the programs in the control panel.

Windows General

ntvdm cpu has encontered an illegal instruction

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