Resolved!! rundll32/RW App driver problem solved!!

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WiKiD

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EDIT: NEW WAY OF FIXING W/O INSTALLING X10 DRIVERS FOUND! THANKS, GUYS!

okay this if you have problems getting errors such as "run dll as an app" (rundll32.exe) crashes OR the remote wonder icon on the bottom right corner does not show up EVEN THOUGH the RW.exe file is running in the task manager, this problem has been RESOLVED!!

New Solution:

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note: you will have to do this EVERY time you install/upgrade the RW drivers
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1) Uninstall Remote Wonder software. If you installed the X10 Drivers trying to do the old solution below, uninstall that too AND manually search for 'x10' and delete any .dll files or .inf files that you find (if someone knows the specific file names, ill update this)

2) UNPLUG YOUR RECIEVER

3) Install Remote Wonder Software and restart your computer

4) do an alt+ctrl+del and terminate ATIRW.EXE

5) Plug in your Reciever. Windows will detect the remote wonder and It should say it installed 'ATI Wireless something Vx.xx' drivers, NOT 'X10 USB Wireless Tranciever V2.36'.... If it says the latter, you didn't delete all of the x10 files from your computer.

and voila! it should work! load up the software or reboot and if you see the RW icon on your task bar, than congrats!


if THAT doesnt work, u can always try the alternate solution below...


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EDIT: THIS IS THE OLD SOLUTION
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note: you will have to do this EVERY time you install/upgrade the RW drivers
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1) install the remote wonder software

2) go to http://www.x10.com/support/support_soft1.htm and download x10drivers.exe and install the drivers

3) restart your computer

Windows should say somewhere between these steps that it has installed and found 'X10 USB Wireless Tranciever V2.36' NOT 'ATI Wireless something Vx.xx'

The remote wonder should work correctly!!
If NOT, follow these steps...
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4) LOAD the remote wonder app and DISABLE load on startup, as well as make sure that no instances of rw.exe load during window's warm up cycles...

From now on you will have to load the app MANUALLY, AFTER windows does its warmup stuff, which can be a pain for some ppl.
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How to tell if it works:
If you see the RW icon on your taskbar, it works.
 
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Quote Bilar Crais

If you folks do end up installing X10 drivers to rectify the problem, make sure you open up your services dialogue (in XP) and change the X10 service start up to "automatic", or your fix will be only temporary.

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You may need to do the above with Win2k aswell.
 
Argh! This has been quite aggrivating this AIW9600 so many problems! First my radio now my remote...

I read your post on how to fix the remote icon not showing up and I have tried your method repeatedly but it still goes away even with changing the x10 to automatic in the services menu and loading it manually. The icon just stays at "removable hardware" Can you or someone please post an IDIOT-PROOF, step by step instructions for me?
 
Re: Resolved!! rundll32/RW App driver problem solved!!

WiKiD said:
EDIT: apparantly i messed up the order of the steps... fixed now ;)

Okay someone should sticky this, so no one has to go through this problem every again (4 months for me)

okay this if you have problems getting errors such as "run dll as an app" (rundll32.exe) crashes OR the remote wonder icon on the bottom right corner does not show up EVEN THOUGH the RW.exe file is running in the task manager, this problem has been RESOLVED!!

i seems many people have different reasons for why this happens, but the problem lies in the usb reciever drivers, no matter who has it.

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note: you will have to do this EVERY time you install/upgrade the RW drivers
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STEP 1) uninstall the old remote wonder software

STEP 2) reinstall the remote wonder software

STEP 3) go to http://www.x10.com/support/support_soft1.htm and download x10drivers.exe and install the drivers

STEP 4) restart your computer

Windows should say somewhere between these steps that it has installed and found 'X10 USB Wireless Tranciever V2.36' NOT 'ATI Wireless something Vx.xx'

The remote wonder should work correctly!!
If NOT, follow these steps...
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STEP 5) LOAD the remote wonder app and DISABLE load on startup, as well as make sure that no instances of rw.exe load during window's warm up cycles...

From now on you will have to load the app MANUALLY, AFTER windows does its warmup stuff (NO, throwing a shortcut in the 'Startup' directory will NOT work!)... i have a keyboad shortcut to load it for me, which is easiest for me, but you can have an icon on your desktop!
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How to tell if it works:
do you see a remote wonder icon on your task bar? when you use the remote, does it work?? if so, than it works! if not, than no it didnt work...

post your results here!
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I also did above and like Jetsyn, I just have a safely remove option for RW in task bar. In device manager-USB controllers...I have the remote wonder II but I noticed I not longer have the RW pointing device. Please advise your loaded
USB controllers and any other advise. Thanks
 
run32.dll remote wonder solution...

run32.dll remote wonder solution...

seemed like most people with this problem had some sort of intel chpset...i figured it might have been HT..

so far it seems like its norton...yes norton...i reformat about every 3months on avg, and reciently i stopped using norton system works/ghost etc..

so far i dont get that error anymore....x10 drivers with 2 buttons not working not required..

when its time to reformat..i suggest to avoid norton software...use powerquest or kaspersky antivirus....hope that helps some of us who had this problem.....
 
I had the remote wonder missing icon problem as well,…

System specs:
AthlonXP Barton 2800+@3200+ 400 FSB 1.65v
Thermalright SLK-800 92mm/119CFM Vantec
Corsair XMS PC3500 DDR RAM 2x256MB
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe BIOS ver 1005
ATI AIW 9800 Pro Cat 4.4 MMC 9.0
Casetek CK-1018-1A Tower Case
Sony DRU-530A DVD+/-R/RW
WD 120GB 7200RPM HDD
ThermalTake Hardcano9
Antec EZ-USB unit
4x80mm case fans
Windows XP Pro
nVidia NIC
3Com NIC
450W PSU
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Here is how I fixed it,…..

You will note from the actual RW/RWII install process that one must install the RW software first, reboot and then plug in the remote USB receiver,…

As I recall, if you do not do this you will not see the icon in the system tray,…

Note, that if you unplug the remote receiver that you will not see the icon upon reboot,…

This led me to the conclusion that I should check to be sure that the USB receiver was being properly detected during a reboot,…

It turned out that my Belkin powered 4 port USB HUB was causing some problems with the RWII receiver and USB media card reader,….. under certain situations,…

Oddly enough, all I had to do was:

Unplug the power cord to the USB HUB to auto detect the devices and get the RW icon and functionality back. The power cord can be left off completely and it works fine without issue with the two devices that are plugged in now. It can be plugged back in but the problem may reoccur.

For those that are having a problem (read as some), I suspect that it is an issue with their systems USB root HUB subsystem and/or drivers,…

For example, some might have the problem off and on or just after a system hibernation. If it does occur, try unplugging and plugging the receiver,…

BTW, I do not see this as an inherent problem with the RW software,…at least not in some cases…
 
The work-around with the generic x10 drivers worked for me, BUT...

The remote interface would frequently crash on me during use, requiring a manual reload of the systray RW control pnael.

I've had trouble loading the native ATI RW driver set since changing motherboards. But the other day when I did a format and fresh install of XP, followed by the new XPSP2 RC2, I installed the ATI drivers, leaving the receiver unplugged. When I rebooted from the driver install, the tray icon was not there. As soon as I plugged the RW receiver in, the sytray icon appeared, and it works perfectly now. No need for the generic X10 driver, no more crashes.
 
Re: Resolved!! rundll32/RW App driver problem solved!!

I just got a new system and the ATI AIW 9800 pro. I am encountering this problem now and will have to work on fixing it. Is there any recommended version of the Remote Wonder software that I should be using?
 
thanks for the info guys, i've tried the new way and it works with original drivers for the first time since December, '03 ;)
 
Thanks so much for the info, this really helped.

I had one other question, which I may ask in a new thread but do wireless routers cause any problem with the remote?

My remate stopped working without any reason and the only item added was a D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DI-624 Wireless Router which works in the 2.4GHz frequency and uses 802.11g standards.
 
try shutting down the router, reboot and see if it works..

if it doesnt its the remote...then maybe you need new batteries...
 
Well I got the remote working again after much grief and work. I do think that I had a tsr running that interferred with it (spyware app which has been deleted.) Anyway, I did plug in the wireless router and there was no conflict so far. But I'll see what happens on a reboot ... :rolleyes:
 
is this method not working for anyone else?

ive tried every possible combonation of installing/uninstalling drivers, with all different verstions of drivers, and i still keep getting this same error described.

When I reinstall the drivers and restart, even w/o the RW plugged in, i get that same "run as dll" error message immediatly on boot. If I ctrl+alt+del the process and plug it in, as soon as i restart or stat the RW software, the error message pops up again. I havnt been able to use my remote for 2 months, and im sttarting to get pretty annoyed by it. I cant believe ATI hasnt released a fix yet.

Does anyone have any other suggestions??
 
doctor15 said:
is this method not working for anyone else?

ive tried every possible combonation of installing/uninstalling drivers, with all different verstions of drivers, and i still keep getting this same error described.

When I reinstall the drivers and restart, even w/o the RW plugged in, i get that same "run as dll" error message immediatly on boot. If I ctrl+alt+del the process and plug it in, as soon as i restart or stat the RW software, the error message pops up again. I havnt been able to use my remote for 2 months, and im sttarting to get pretty annoyed by it. I cant believe ATI hasnt released a fix yet.

Does anyone have any other suggestions??
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do you have norton products installed?
 
I had Norton Anti-Virus 2004 installed, but I uninstalled it, ran regedit, and installed Mcaffe 8.

Anyway even w/ NAV there should be some way for it to work.
 
I have NAV installed and my remote has worked with it. Just wondering if you might have a conflict like I had. I had some type of spyware that was conflicting. Maybe use msconfig and do a minimal load of tsr's and see if it happens again. Hope this helps (and don't feel bad my main PC has been down for days, hard drive boot drive just slowed to a crawl and then would not even boot up .. XP SP2 is it a solution or a curse?)
 
I tired both ways and neither worked. When ever i try to start up the x10 service it give me an error message stating that it shut down or some garbage like that. I can give i to you later if it really matter. Either way i would rather get it set up the correct way.
 
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