Cmd/Command Errors

[Zilva Zanga]

I'm running Winxp Pro sp2 inc all updates.
When I try to run 'cmd' from the start>run menu item I get this error
message immediately with gibberish printed in the dos box in the background:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:054c IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 e9 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.

When I try to run 'command' from the start>run menu item I can exit to the
dos box which contains the expected text, but I get this error message when
I try to do anything:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:065f IP:0102 OP:8f fc d1 e9 33 Choose 'close' to terminate the
application.

The only applications installed since it last worked were:
Limewire 4.9.28
Quicktime 6.5.2
ITunes 4.7.1.30
IPOD (application)
Uninstalling them did not affect anything.

I haven't installed any new hardware apart from connecting the IPOD as
required.

Can anyone interpret those error messages?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Close all running programs. Locate ntvdm.exe in the \Windows\System32 folder
and delete it (it's probably corrupt). Reboot the system. See if the problem
goes away, as the file will be replaced by one from the system cache (System
File Protection at work).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Galen]

In Zilva Zanga <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I'm running Winxp Pro sp2 inc all updates.
When I try to run 'cmd' from the start>run menu item I get this error
message immediately with gibberish printed in the dos box in the
background: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:054c IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 e9 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.

When I try to run 'command' from the start>run menu item I can exit
to the dos box which contains the expected text, but I get this error
message when I try to do anything:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:065f IP:0102 OP:8f fc d1 e9 33 Choose 'close' to terminate the
application.

The only applications installed since it last worked were:
Limewire 4.9.28
Quicktime 6.5.2
ITunes 4.7.1.30
IPOD (application)
Uninstalling them did not affect anything.

I haven't installed any new hardware apart from connecting the IPOD as
required.

Can anyone interpret those error messages?

The error message doesn't match but this is what worked for the last person
though that was with 2k...

Error: 16-bit app on XP SP2 :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xpdoserrors.html

See also here:

Computing.Net - Problem with Command Prompt:
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/140517.html

There's a bit about trying the sfc /scannow prompt. No reply about it
working or not.

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Zilva Zanga]

Hi,

Close all running programs. Locate ntvdm.exe in the \Windows\System32
folder and delete it (it's probably corrupt). Reboot the system. See if
the problem goes away, as the file will be replaced by one from the system
cache (System File Protection at work).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

That didn't work. Winxp replaced it with another one. I tried deleting the
dll file as well which really upset winxp & I had to restore it.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Didn't say anything about deleting the .dll file, just the executable. Do
the same thing with wowexec.exe - if it doesn't help, then follow Galen's
suggestion to run sfc /scannow.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You most likely have a virus. Try tying regedit in Start | Run and see what
happens.

cmd.com is probably a virus or virus related. There is no such file as
cmd.com in XP. The correct files are cmd.exe and command.com.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Read this, you probably have other messed up files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_ALCAN.A&VSect=T

These get disabled...
CMD.EXE
NETSTAT.EXE
PING.EXE
REGEDIT.EXE
TASKKILL.EXE
TASKLIST.EXE
TRACERT.EXE

And replaced by these...
CMD.COM
NETSTAT.COM
PING.COM
REGEDIT.COM
TASKKILL.COM
TASKLIST.COM
TRACERT.COM

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Galen]

In Wesley Vogel <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

You most likely have a virus. Try tying regedit in Start | Run and
see what happens.

cmd.com is probably a virus or virus related. There is no such file
as cmd.com in XP. The correct files are cmd.exe and command.com.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Read this, you probably have other messed up files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_ALCAN.A&VSect=T

These get disabled...
CMD.EXE
NETSTAT.EXE
PING.EXE
REGEDIT.EXE
TASKKILL.EXE
TASKLIST.EXE
TRACERT.EXE

And replaced by these...
CMD.COM
NETSTAT.COM
PING.COM
REGEDIT.COM
TASKKILL.COM
TASKLIST.COM
TRACERT.COM


In

Nice one! You know - I didn't even notice that. In fact while doing my
search to confirm that it was the right fix I'd typed in cmd.exe...
Sheesh... That's it... No more posting before noon.

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Galen,

I have seen this cmd.com show up in posts before. ;-)

If cmd.com were added without disabling cmd.exe, typing just cmd would open
cmd.exe. Windows searches for a file by using default file name extensions
in the following order of precedence: .exe, .com, .bat, and .cmd.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/path.mspx

Interesting note...

[[MS-DOS searches for a file by using default filename extensions in the
following order of precedence: .COM, .EXE and .BAT.]]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/msdos/comm6.mspx

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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