i am now at the stage that i can no longer access basic services within 
windows as it says that c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe cannot be found. on 
examination i do no longer have such a directory. more and more basic 
features can no longer be controlled or accessed

Hello graham,


> i am now at the stage that i can no longer access basic services
> within windows as it says that c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe cannot
> be found. on examination i do no longer have such a directory. more
> and more basic features can no longer be controlled or accessed
> 


Sound like a virus and/or rootkit infected system.

Time for a full reinstall I'm afraid...

Jesse

Jesse, thanks.... i think, i was rather holding out for a work around or a 
fix before i had to go that far.

i have never had my AV or internet security lapse or flag any issues, and it 
did start following april release of win/updates

"Jesse Houwing" wrote:


> Hello graham,
> 
> > i am now at the stage that i can no longer access basic services
> > within windows as it says that c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe cannot
> > be found. on examination i do no longer have such a directory. more
> > and more basic features can no longer be controlled or accessed
> > 
> 
> Sound like a virus and/or rootkit infected system.
> 
> Time for a full reinstall I'm afraid...
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> 

"graham"  wrote in message 
news:B5F43335-F394-4049-AF32-62EBCF238086@microsoft.com...

> Jesse, thanks.... i think, i was rather holding out for a work around or a
> fix before i had to go that far.
>
> i have never had my AV or internet security lapse or flag any issues, and 
> it
> did start following april release of win/updates
>
> "Jesse Houwing" wrote:
>
>> Time for a full reinstall I'm afraid...
>>
>> Jesse



You no longer have a System32 directory?
As nobody else that I've seen reported symptoms even remotely similar to 
yours after the April updates, I think you're beating a dead horse there.
Jesse is correct with the bad news. Format the partition and reinstall.
You didn't tell us which A/V and anti-malware products you use, but you 
might want to think about a switch.