ASPIINST.EXE disabling my printers - how to revert?

[rgreenw2]

My system specs:

Win 98se v4.10.2222
PIII 750 running at 840MHz
256 MB ram
Pioneer A104S DVD Rom
Geforce 2MX graphics
Canon BJc 250 (parallel)

Wishing to use certain DVD/CD programs has required me to run aspiinst.exe to update to v4.6.0. Prior to this, aspichk.exe returned the following log on my old setup:

LOG0143: *****************************************************************
LOG0144: Starting ASPICHK installer on Fri Aug 31 00:27:04 2001
ASPICHK0438: OS = Windows 95 (4.10.2222)
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll dated 04/23/1999 21:22:00, 36864 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll version 1.0.0.1
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll dated 04/23/1999 21:22:00, 3536 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll version 1.0.0.65
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd dated 04/23/1999 21:22:00, 29497 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd version 4.0.0.952
UPGRADE0965: File c:\windows\system\aspienum.vxd does not exist
UPGRADE0369: No existing file to compare, upgrade recommended
ASPICHK0522: Inconsistent version numbers among components
ASPICHK0592: ASPI installation has problems
LOG0218: Closing installer log on Fri Aug 31 00:27:04 2001
LOG0219: *****************************************************************


Following the update, the DVD/CD software works, but trying to print in Word causes the following illegal operation:


WINWORD caused a general protection fault
in module GDI.EXE at 0001:0000293e.
Registers:
EAX=000e75ea CS=045f EIP=0000293e EFLGS=00000246
EBX=00005716 SS=298f ESP=0000c57a EBP=0000c5fe
ECX=00000001 DS=05cf ESI=0000251e FS=0000
EDX=000005cf ES=05cf EDI=0000163e GS=0177
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 5f 10 66 5f 66 5e c3 b8 01 01 33 c9 33 d2 f6
Stack dump:
00000000 4b3f0000 55e70000 75ea0001 163e05cf 251e0000 26c80000 018721ab 01875c2f 010f0000 00ee51d7 00ee0000 35320180 12e798a0 00ee00ee 00eec500


Adobe Acrobat reader tells me to "use control panel to specify a default printer" (which I have already d.one). IE5.5 opens the print dialogue but the printer queue does not activate and nothing gets through to the printer.

After all of the above, can anyone tell me of a way to revert back to my original ASPI settings and correct this problem? Many thanks.

Rob

 

[Garyeag]

You may not have to revert back to your ASPI settings.
Have you tried reinstalling the printer i.e. deleting it and then reinstalling it, or even rebooting it. It may "click" with the new settings then.
If this fails run System File Checker, under Accessories, System Tools, System Information, when you run this it should notify you that WINASPI.XXX has been replaced by WINASPI.XXY. You are then invited to verify this upgrade or restore the old file (as long as you know where the old file is).
Most old files are on the windows disk, but there are other places you can find important system files.
Let me know if this worked for you or if you have any trouble. I'll try to pass on my painful experiences with Windows and all the other operating systems designed, not to run machines as people believe, but to give consultants and engineers something to do.

 

[rgreenw2]

Garyeag,

Cheers for the response. In the end, reinstalling the printer worked, and I tried that not long after putting up my post (blush). but the tip about system file checker is really great. Many thanks.

Rob Greenwood