Everytime I attempt to start Windows Mail, I get literally thousands of spawned WinMail.exe *32 processes. Eventually my system succumbs to running out of 4GB of physical memory and over 15GB virtual memory and crashes. No error message is ever displayed. After checking the Event Viewer after hard reboot, I see the following:
General Tab: Faulting application WinMail.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b0f9, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bdf8, exception code 0xc000012d, fault offset 0x0006f1d1, process id 0xd330, application start time 0x01c7821e0a5ee87f.
Details Tab: Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 4/18/2007 8:00:34 午後 Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Shinzou-GM Description: Faulting application WinMail.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549b0f9, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bdf8, exception code 0xc000012d, fault offset 0x0006f1d1, process id 0xd330, application start time 0x01c7821e0a5ee87f. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Application Error" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>100</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-04-19T01:00:34.000Z" /> <EventRecordID>2445</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>Shinzou-GM</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>WinMail.exe</Data> <Data>6.0.6000.16386</Data> <Data>4549b0f9</Data> <Data>ntdll.dll</Data> <Data>6.0.6000.16386</Data> <Data>4549bdf8</Data> <Data>c000012d</Data> <Data>0006f1d1</Data> <Data>d330</Data> <Data>01c7821e0a5ee87f</Data> </EventData> </Event>
any help would be appreciated as I would like to use WinMail again. If I have forgotten to add any info that would be needed, please let me know.
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit (fully updated as of 4/18/07) CPU: AMD Athlon FX-62 (AM2) Mem: 4GB DDR2 667
Thanks, Matt

What is running when you boot the computer prior to starting WinMail? That would seem to me to be at issue. See oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
Also check Start | Search and type msconfig and see what the startup items are and the non-MS services running at startup.
steve
"Matthew"

WinMail behaves the same way regardless of if any programs are opened and/or closed before starting WinMail. As far as the startup items :
Windows Defender NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 158.18 NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 158.18 NVIDIA Media Center Library DAEMON Tools WMPNSCFG AsusStartupHelp Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U1 Adobe Acrobat Adobe Reader Synchronizer QuickTime (Disabled)
I selected the Services Tab and checked the Hide all Microsoft services and only 1 remained.
InstallDriver Table Manager Macrovision Corporation Stopped
Thanks for the quick response. Matt
"Steve Cochran" wrote:

As far as I can tell, the only mandatory entry in your Startup items is Windows Defender. I nuked all the NVIDIA stuff in mine, and everything still works. The rest are sucking up resources unnecessarily. Disable them one at a time, reboot, and verify that things still work.
Gary VanderMolen
"Matthew"

Ok, I tried that and even after everything(include Windows Defender) was disabled(Defender is re-enabled now.), everything still works with the exception of WinMail.
Matthew
"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

"Matthew"

I don't see any anti-virus listed. Are you running one? Which?
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.

None of those startup items should have an impact.
Go to c:\program files\windows mail\ and click on WinMail.exe (it might be a hidden file) and then see if it starts okay. It could be the shortcut is messed up.
steve
"Matthew"

Then I'm out of ideas as to what may be causing your issue. If I was in your shoes, I'd reinstall Vista from scratch, the 32-bit version this time.
Gary VanderMolen
"Matthew"

Excellent. that works great although now i have another problem but it is one that is answered in another post. Do you know how I could fix the shortcut in the Start Menu right above pinned items to work properly?
"Steve Cochran" wrote:

Right click on the shortcut and look at the properties and see if you can fix it. If not, then create a new shortcut and replace the one that is messed up.
steve
"Matthew"