I have a Hewlett Packard Pavilion with a Windows 98 SE operating system and whenever I click on a document or .jpg file to view the "Properties," I get a message that the program has completed an illegal operation and will be shut down, with details like this:

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module CRYPTUI.DLL at 0167:7ecb1fa0.
Registers:
EAX=00000001 CS=0167 EIP=7ecb1fa0 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=7ec80000 SS=016f ESP=023ff714 EBP=023ff8f8
ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=00000001 FS=4597
EDX=c00309cc ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=23de
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 50 e8 91 aa 00 00 85 c0 74 51 39 5d e0 74 09
Stack dump:
7ecb20c1 7ec80000 00000001 00000000 00000000 7ec80000 023ff8f8 81779538 bff7ddd6 7ec80000 00000001 00000000 00000000 7ec80000 81779538 8177f6b0

Sometimes I can close the error message and proceed, but more often the computer freezes up completely and I have to shut it down and start over. This isn't fun. The Properties option used to work. The problem started after I began having trouble getting Windows 98 SE to come up and took the computer to a repair shop. The expert there got the operating system to work, but then the Properties error cropped up. When I brought it to his attention, he said, "What do you want to look at the properties for?" I didn't pursue it because it isn't a matter or life and death -- the computer works fine otherwise -- but it is annoying and I would like to find out what the problem is and fix it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

alan2909

Thanks again for your reply. My HP Pavilion 6645C does not have a Windows 98SE installation disk. The operating system came with the computer and I have two CDs that constitute a "System Recovery" resource that enables me to restore all the system files if I need to. I've used this thing before, and it has a life of its own, so I don't want to mess with it.

So I put "cryptui.dll" in a Google search engine and clicked on the first link that came up. It took me to a site that allowed me to download it without having to unzip it. I copied the original cryptui.dll file to a floppy disk, then installed the new one (a few kb larger, by the way) into the Windows\System folder. I then went to a .jpg file and right clicked on it for the options. I clicked on "Properties" and it opened like a charm with no loud noise of complaint, error message, or freeze-up. Problem solved! My computer is happier and so am I. Thanks again,

alan2909

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To Blues_harp28: Thank you for your reply. I went to the site you suggested to download a copy of the cryptui.dll file and was able to download the .zip file to my desktop. However, when I tried to unzip the file, I got the following error message: "Error: invalid compressed data to inflate." I clicked on "Help" and got the following information:

Extracting to "c:\unzipped\cryptui[1].dll\"
Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no
warning [C:/WINDOWS/Desktop/cryptui[1].dll.zip]: extra 235 bytes at beginning or within Zip file (attempting to process anyway)
Error in file #1: bad Zip file offset (Error local header signature not found): 0
(attempting to re-compensate)
Extracting cryptui.dll
Error: invalid compressed data to inflate

So I was unable to get the file. This is strange, because I've never had any trouble unzipping a file before. Can you suggest another source for a cryptui.dll file? Thanks,