NTVDM - ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION

[help]

When I start my laptop a Command promt window opens up and in the title
bar it says "svchost.exe", then a error message pops-up - "ntvdm has
performed a illegal instruction".

The machine has just when trough a xp repair and Service pack 2 has
been installed.
How can i get rid of this message?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When I start my laptop a Command promt window opens up and in the title
bar it says "svchost.exe", then a error message pops-up - "ntvdm has
performed a illegal instruction".

The machine has just when trough a xp repair and Service pack 2 has
been installed.
How can i get rid of this message?

- What is the exact command you run when opening a Command Prompt?
- What happens when you run this command:
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
(you must type in everything!)

 

[help]

Everything works on the computer.

Its just when the svchost.exe is loading something the error message
comes up.

its nothing that i'm trying to run its windows its self.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

When I start my laptop a Command promt window opens up and in the title
bar it says "svchost.exe", then a error message pops-up - "ntvdm has
performed a illegal instruction".

The machine has just when trough a xp repair and Service pack 2 has
been installed.
How can i get rid of this message?

It is an error from your nVidia video drivers...time to update them...

Bobby

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The regular XP file, svchost.exe is not a 16-bit program and should have
nothing to do with ntvdm.exe. There is also a svchost.exe file that is
malware.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Update whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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