solution for shut-down hang

classic_leon · Jun 29, 2005, 05:06 PM

Some guys including me have found the shut-down hang iusse of Audigy2 with Audigy4 drivers and apps in that you are not convenient to use PC. I post the solution now.

How does it happend?
That's caused by serveral Creative apps themselves...not YouP PAX apps or drivers.
-Speaker Calibration
-Creative Entertainment Center (the file, DLLML.exe)

How does Creative corp. fix this issue?
Creative itself removed Speaker Calibration (Spk Cal) from their Audigy4 Pro Instllation and Drivers CD. That's why you guys didn't find Spk Cal on hacked A4 ISO.

What shall we do to solve this terrible problem?
We can
[color=red]remove Speaker Calibration[/color]
or
[color=red]Creative Entertainment Center[/color] (but functions of Audigy2/Audigy2 ZS Platinum are disabled)
or
[color=red]remove the file DLLML.exe[/color] (C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files\Module Loader\DLLML.exe, this file is loaded when system startup and enabling a small screen show for disc type while you play DTS/Dolby by hardware decoding)

Choose any one solution above to solve the system hang issue.

classic_leon · Jun 30, 2005, 10:14 AM

or
modify registry (but it does not work all the time):
1 find "HKEY－CURRENT－USER＼Control Panel＼Desktop"
2 change "WaitToKillAppTimeout" to "1000" that means system shut down in 1 sec.
3 change "HungAppTimeout" to "1000"

sovietdoc · Jul 1, 2005, 02:54 AM

Question: If i remove DLLML.dll will I still be able to use the remote and the speaker calibrator?

classic_leon · Jul 1, 2005, 08:44 AM

Yes, you are. Remote and the speaker calibrator can be used.

gatohumano · Jul 9, 2005, 04:01 PM

hi,i dont know why but first or two reboots after instaling the soft and drivers the computer give this hangs,it takes long time to reboot or shutdown about 4 or 5 minutes,but after that this issues disapears dllml.exe still executing but when shutdown or reboot still normal,about 10-15s.

micm · Aug 4, 2005, 08:20 PM

[color=Blue]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115[/color]

QuaXum · Oct 25, 2005, 08:49 AM

is there a solution for startup hang issue? i'm having this prob with audigy soundcard with win2k SP4

gkl · Oct 25, 2005, 01:05 PM

Try removing chkcolor.exe (or something like that, can't really remember) from the Startup in msconfig.

QuaXum · Oct 25, 2005, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkl

Try removing chkcolor.exe (or something like that, can't really remember) from the Startup in msconfig.

what is that acctually?

gkl · Oct 25, 2005, 11:08 PM

According to http://www.programchecker.com/file/1831.aspx it's some graphic checker loader, I really don't know what is it. But disabling it did fix my startup crashes although i'm running windows xp.

Jun 29, 2005, 05:06 PM	#1
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	solution for shut-down hang Some guys including me have found the shut-down hang iusse of Audigy2 with Audigy4 drivers and apps in that you are not convenient to use PC. I post the solution now. How does it happend? That's caused by serveral Creative apps themselves...not YouP PAX apps or drivers. -Speaker Calibration -Creative Entertainment Center (the file, DLLML.exe) How does Creative corp. fix this issue? Creative itself removed Speaker Calibration (Spk Cal) from their Audigy4 Pro Instllation and Drivers CD. That's why you guys didn't find Spk Cal on hacked A4 ISO. What shall we do to solve this terrible problem? We can [color=red]remove Speaker Calibration[/color] or [color=red]Creative Entertainment Center[/color] (but functions of Audigy2/Audigy2 ZS Platinum are disabled) or [color=red]remove the file DLLML.exe[/color] (C:\Program Files\Creative\Shared Files\Module Loader\DLLML.exe, this file is loaded when system startup and enabling a small screen show for disc type while you play DTS/Dolby by hardware decoding) Choose any one solution above to solve the system hang issue. __________________ Fashion keeps us alive. YouP-PAX Please visit http://www.A-PAX.co.uk to discuss the computer mods. The latest YouP PAX modded drivers are provided on the site.

Jul 1, 2005, 02:54 AM	#3
sovietdoc DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 0	Question: If i remove DLLML.dll will I still be able to use the remote and the speaker calibrator? __________________

Jul 1, 2005, 08:44 AM	Thread Starter #4
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	Yes, you are. Remote and the speaker calibrator can be used. __________________ Fashion keeps us alive. YouP-PAX Please visit http://www.A-PAX.co.uk to discuss the computer mods. The latest YouP PAX modded drivers are provided on the site.

Aug 4, 2005, 08:20 PM	#6
micm DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Check this out [color=Blue]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115[/color]

Jun 30, 2005, 10:14 AM	Thread Starter #2
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	or modify registry (but it does not work all the time): 1 find "HKEY－CURRENT－USER＼Control Panel＼Desktop" 2 change "WaitToKillAppTimeout" to "1000" that means system shut down in 1 sec. 3 change "HungAppTimeout" to "1000"

Jul 9, 2005, 04:01 PM	#5
gatohumano DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	hi,i dont know why but first or two reboots after instaling the soft and drivers the computer give this hangs,it takes long time to reboot or shutdown about 4 or 5 minutes,but after that this issues disapears dllml.exe still executing but when shutdown or reboot still normal,about 10-15s.

Oct 25, 2005, 08:49 AM	#7
QuaXum DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	is there a solution for startup hang issue? i'm having this prob with audigy soundcard with win2k SP4

Oct 25, 2005, 01:05 PM	#8
gkl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Try removing chkcolor.exe (or something like that, can't really remember) from the Startup in msconfig.

Oct 25, 2005, 11:08 PM	#10
gkl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	According to http://www.programchecker.com/file/1831.aspx it's some graphic checker loader, I really don't know what is it. But disabling it did fix my startup crashes although i'm running windows xp.