subject: Kernel 32 Dll - Why Do I Get A Popup Saying Kernel32.dll And Why Does It Shutdown My Program? [print this page] The kernel32.dll is a very complicated computer file. It lives deep in the works of a Windows operating system. Without getting into some of the arcane aspects of how Windows works, think of the kernel as being in the middle with other substances around it and covered by a shell. In other words, the kernel32.dll is in the middle of much of your operating system's activity.
Because of the complexities of the kernel dll, a problem in this area could be caused by any of several things. Very often a kernel32.dll error will popup due to registry corruption. Therefore, one way to approach this problem is simply to scan the registry for errors. Yes, there are situations where this may not be the cure all, but cleaning the registry because of kernel32.dll error reminds me of the following story my father once told me.
Maybe an Easy Way Out
My father was a telephone line repairman working for the local Bell telephone company. He did most of his work high up on telephone poles. He dropped a clamp he was using to make a repair. He didn't see where it landed. Nor, did his coworker. So, the two of them started to walk back and forth with their eyes toward the ground as they searched for the missing clamp.
The weather that day was brutal! It was about 100 degrees and humid. Before long my dad noticed his partner in search was several feet from the road in an area which seemed a long distance from where the clamp had likely landed. My father asked him, "Do you really think it landed way over there?" To which his cohort replied, "No, but it's shady over here." Then, about two seconds later he yelled, "I found it!"
The moral is: Whenever you are troubleshooting a problem, if you have a possible solution that is easy, cheap and quick, use that option before you try to do some other more time consuming and difficult tasks. My father always refers to trying the simple solution first as "looking in the shade." Cleaning the registry will probably fix a kernel 32 dll about 75 to 80 percent of the time. Cleaning the registry will fix many different computer errors 100 percent of the time. So, when encountering a computer error, without bothering to try to figure out what has caused it, just look in the shade by putting the registry cleaner to work.
Viruses and Spyware can also cause Kernel 32 Errors
The other 25 percent or so of the time, a kernel 32 dll problem could be more complicated. A virus or spyware could have caused this problem with the dll. In this case, you need to find and delete the virus or spyware and then clean the registry. This is because the act of deleting spyware and viruses that lived far inside the operating system tend to leave registry corruption behind once they are deleted. This is why some virus/spyware cleaners move them to a vault.
There are times when getting rid of this type of dll error requires a trip to Microsoft's Website where they will give you instructions on an operating system repair. Before you repair your system, a complete backup of your files and creating a restore point is wise. As you can see, doing an operating system repair is a lot of work! So, before you walk out into the hot sun with your system disk in hand. Look in the shade with a registry cleaner and you just might fix the problem without breaking a sweat.
