mprexe.exe and explorer.exe crashes in win98se

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hi...I remembered reading something posted originally by krell i think it was...in response to 'explorer.exe' crashing in win2k and winxp machines...and i think it was said that explorer.exe can be restarted in winxp/win2k through taskmanager without causing any problems...however if you manually stopped explorer.exe in win98 it would hang or reboot or totally kill your windows..
Now here is my current situation...i've recently upgraded from a fresh installation of win98se..and i've been noticing that i still get explorer.exe crashes...from time to time...BUT...and this is a big 'but' here...my windows no longer stops functioning when this happens..windows just goes on its merry little way....

k, now while looking at network connections in atguard i noticed that mprexe.exe was running and listening on 3 ports...so I wondered what it was and did a google search for it and found this very interesting information below:



Msgsrv32.exe is a program (Windows 32-bit message server) that performs several background functions necessary for Windows operation.

These functions include:

Load installable Windows drivers at startup and unload them at shutdown.

Run the shell program (usually Explorer.exe) and re-run the shell if it fails to respond


source (http://www.geocities.com/~budallen/msgsrv32.html)

So it looks like the reason my windows no longer 'hangs' when explorer crashes is due to this wonderful program called "mprexe.exe" (which I at first thought was a virus..from not ever having seen it in windows 98 before).

However it does concern me that it has listening port on my computer...So my question is this:

Did it come installed with the win98se installation (oem install) or did some servicepatch or other software update install it.

anyone know any more about this and whether or not its an under-the-hood improvement for windows 98? i'm guessing its a feature that I just wasn't aware of...so far it seems to be a good feature (no more unresponsive computer from an explorer.exe) yet...the idea of ports being bound open to it..concerns me.

Anyone got more info on this?

thanks,

-DM

[Krell]

MPREXE.EXE is a Microsoft file that allows Windows 95 to have more then one client and protocol. MPR stands for Multi (or Multiple) Provider Router. It's primary function is to route incoming and outgoing packet between the adapter and different clients.

*think printer drivers or network card*

Without the info from the Aida32 util, I really cant put more though in to it, and this will just be a speculation thread.

Provide more info, or send it to me, and I will narrow it down further.


http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/ermprexe.htm

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Thanks, krell. :wings

Btw, what is "Aida32 util" <--- that

and I will try to get you the furthur info you requested to better

make a determination/judgement on whether this is normal

operations for me...maybe you can see some conflicts or errors

that I don't recognise that would cause explorer crashes.

I'm not as upset about the explorer.exe crashes as I used to be

now that i have mprexe.exe I was just curious about the

mprexe.exe. I checked the f-secure site and found out that there


was an email virus that installed a mprexe.dll on your

computer and would register it and run the dll as a service..but

the key to detecting it was that mprexe.exe is

an executable and not a mprexe.dll.

what experience do you have with computers and or networking?

I'm just curious is all..seems you know a great deal. :)

[Krell]

I read that thar dummies book, it were yellow, was purty good.


Try this
AIDA32 - Personal System Information 3.61 2003-05-29

http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32


Take time to get familiar with it, at the top go to REPORT and save the REPORT as Dark Messenger.DHTML on your desktop.

Dont post it here as it may contain info thats not public.

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Originally posted by Krell
I read that thar dummies book, it were yellow, was purty good.


Try this
AIDA32 - Personal System Information 3.61 2003-05-29

http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32


Take time to get familiar with it, at the top go to REPORT and save the REPORT as Dark Messenger.DHTML on your desktop.

Dont post it here as it may contain info thats not public.

hehe, yes those 'dummies books' are amazing! hmmm
should have expected a non-serious answer like that from you, krell :) (meant in a 'goodway')
okay 'getting on with it'

I followed your suggestion above...couldn't help noting that there were several other utilites on that page that looked..."interesting" but I got the one recommended by you (as I figure you know what you're doing and or talking about)

I got it..followed the directions...except for reading the help file (something I rarely ever do and usually only as a last resort when and or if I am completely lost on something)

Basically the program was very easy to use.. Just unzipped it...double-clicked on the executable..when to the top for 'report'
selected:

Quick Report -->html (saw no dhtml option other options were plain-text and mht)

Then it proceeded to generate a very detailed and highly professional report which i saved to my desktop as darkmessenger.htm

I see what you mean about highly personal and confidential information..it contained what at cursory glance looked like 'everything' anyone could ever want or need to know about my pc...i was amazed and did marvel at the detail the report went into

and was shocked that I actually had some correct drivers installed.

Hmmm..now for my 'lamentation(s)' aka "regrets"

I once heard that for some reason...you (krell) deleted about a 1000 of your posts here..possibly as a protest over something or a fit of disgust and or anger....

Now forgive me for saying this publicly (everyone remember i'm in the krell-fan-club if u didn't know this already :OP )

Generally speaking I've read a lot of your posts (not all 3000 nor the 'missing' 1000 or so...don't think i'll ever have that much time or desire to do so.)

Anyways I must express my 'angst' that such helpful and useful posts were deleted..my favourite posts of yours (aside from the humor ones) are where you would offer at no-charge out of the kindness of your heart free troubleshooting advice for windows or other pc-related help to those who needed it.

If these valuable posts are lost forever I consider it to be truly a shame and speak out in hopes that something like this never happend again...hehe..if they can be found..i will gladly put them in my "Book-of-Krell" which will be compiled (who knows when) :P

I am reminded..that are posts are nothing more than graffitti upon the walls of zeropaid and may be erased at anytime.

and in answer to chipperox question concerning 'die young..as late as possible' that means that you can always feel young and heart even if your 90years old...so basically i was saying..stay young in your mind and heart and live to be as old as possible...then die young (in heart, mind, spirit) as late as possible(live as long as you can)

Jesus, time for some prozac...their good with cheetos and slimfast shakes. :P

[Krell]

*sniff*

i love you maaaan


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