re: The procedure entry point DdEntry1 could not be located in the dynamic link library GDI32.dll.
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 4:19 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jon
(18 messages posted)
Luciano,
Are you able to run a dxdiag ? If so can you do a "save all" and email me the output.
I'll have a look at the versions and see if I can spot anything.
It may be worth you trying a couple of utilities from http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml.
I've used a couple myself like filemon and regmon etc. to spot which file/process
is making a call that generates an error.
It sounds like either your SP and HotFix updates or Visual Studio.NET & SQL Server
2000 have overwriten a W2k file with an XP version, but finding the culprit isn't
going to be easy.
As previously the culprit could be DirectX. Does Icewind Dale & Disciples 2 utilise
DX ? If so could the install of overwiten part of your DX install. Try re-installing
DX over the top or updating it to the latest version available (you may have to reaply
the GDI fix though).
I'm out of the country for a week after saturday so if you send the dxdiag output
before then
I'll try and take a look before I go.
One day windows will be easy.....just not in my lifetime...
Jon...
On Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 3:08 pm, Luciano wrote:
>Hi Jon,
>
>How are you.
>
>I get this message whenever I try to start an application/game that is affected
by
>this & whenever I try to install an application/game that is affected by this. Basically
>some things that are on my PC that were working before for some reason are not working
>now. Here is a little history bout my problem. I did a fresh reinstall of Win2000,
>and started installing some games that I had 2 that worked were Sims 2 & Shrek 2
>team action, as well as The War of The Ring. I then tried to install Visual Studio.NET
>& could not due to the fact that it requires Win2000 Service Pack 3, I then got
myself
>online & dowloaded every Service Pack, Update, Hotfix & Patch that I could get for
>Win2000. I installed Visual Studio.NET & SQL Server 2000 & was able to use them.
>I then started playing Icewind Dale & Disciples 2 & did not see any problems with
>my PC, I have done so for the last month & have not played a 3D game during this
>time. Last week for some reason I had to see something bout my Sims 2, so I fired
>it up & bang I got the Entry Point error bout the GDI32.dll. So I started testing
>other games, I put in Shrek 2 - Team Action & I got the USER32.dll error, so I started
>panicking. I then tried others & got variations between the GDI32.dll & USER32.dll
>error. Anyway I found your solution to the GDI32.dll worked fine now as I managed
>to get The Sims 2 to work, now I am at the USER32.dll problem & am completely stuck.
>
>Thanx
>
>Luciano
>
>
>
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml
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