Rundll32 illegal operation on startup (Win98)

[iseeit]

I have a win98 machine on which Rundll32 is performing an illegal operation on startup and is being shut down before there is any keyboard intervention.
Details are:- RUNDLL32 caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 017f:bffc05fb.
How do I correct this?

 

[firewolfrl]

boot to safe mode
this link will help
Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q188867

this is an excerpt from this link:

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ttips-idx-nf.shtml

Invalid Page Fault in Kernel32.dll Errors
If you frequently receive Invalid Page Fault in Kernel32.dll Errors, from different drivers (Explorer, Guide.exe, Msgsrv32, Commgr32, Mprexe and others), it is possible that your password list file is damaged. Try re-creating your password list file:

In Windows Explorer select your \Windows folder
Press F3. This will bring up the Find: All Files window
In the Named: box type *.pwl
Click Find Now
When a list of found files is displayed, delete them all
Close the Find window and restart Windows
Note: you will lose any passwords you have stored, so make sure that you have the passwords written down so you can re-enter them when needed