EQEmuLoginServer.exe was unable to start correctly

[Chanus]

So, this just happened. Everything was working fine until yesterday. I haven't changed anything directly, though I did install Apache and pHp so I could use the PEQ browser editor (which apparently works just fine)... since then (apparently) whenever I run EQEmuLoginServer.exe I get a popup saying:

"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00007b). Click OK to close the application."

Search has turned up nothing useful. I tried re-downloading the login server files but that didn't help either. It doesn't generate any error logs that I can see either, so all I have to go on is that popup.

Is it Apache and/or pHp that could be conflicting? Why can't things just work? :P

Halp!

[Chanus]

I'm not convinced it's simply because of Apache/pHp/PEQ Editor because I have the same thing on another computer and it works just fine all together.

[provocating]

Just an idea, check the windows error log. Seems to be no one ever looks there and it can really help debug the problem.

[Chanus]

I'm looking in Event Viewer, but this is all Greek to me.

I see the log of the error, but it only says what the popup window says.

[provocating]

Well it was worth a shot, sometimes there is more detailed information. So just try this one out for me.

http://projecteqemu.googlecode.com/f...oginServer.rar

[Chanus]

Oh, yeah... I tried replacing it with that one and get the same thing.

World and Zone load fine, though, if I launch them manually.

[provocating]

I am kind of leaning to it being a .net framework issue. You may want to remove them and reinstall the .net framework. Also make sure your Windows is patched up.

[Chanus]

I'll give that a shot.

[provocating]

I also just thought of something. If you really want to trouble shoot this and you know the day it was working, why not do a recovery point restore from the day before ?

[Chanus]

Wouldn't you know, System Restore is my mortal enemy?

Yeah, it seems any time I need to actually use System Restore, it's been turned off inexplicably. I know for a fact I set it up the minute I booted up this machine for the first time, but guess what? No dice.

Argh.

Windows update resulted in a ton of stuff, apparently that hadn't been running as I set it up either. What the crap? A couple .Net updates were in there, but updates applied, rebooted, still can't start EQEmuLoginServer.exe

I'm thinking of wiping it all off and just starting fresh. Annoying, but whatever.

[provocating]

I was going to say, if your System Restore is hosed and you did not do it, guess what ? Either a virus or rootkit. If you want to do one quick think before wiping it, try running Combofix or installing Microsoft Security Essentials on it, or both and let them run.

[Chanus]

Yeah, I have MSE

I noticed yesterday that SpyBot suddenly started scanning (it hasn't scanned in weeks, I never really thought about it), but it didn't find anything unusual. Maybe I'll run Malwarebytes.

[Chanus]

Hrmm... so MSE, MalewareBytes, and SpyBot all turned up negative.

Grumble grumble grumble.

I just can't figure out why it would suddenly decide to stop working. I haven't changed anything (other than installing Apache and pHp, which I know at least aren't definite conflicts because I don't have this trouble on a different computer).

Maybe if I try hitting it.

[provocating]

May want to try Bleeping Computers Combofix, just to be sure.

[Derision]

Just from Googling around it sounds like you might have installed a 64bit version of something that the login server is looking for a 32 bit version of:

http://msoos.wordpress.com/2010/09/1...rror-solution/

But it's odd that zone/world still work as they probably use much the same .DLLs (although I don't know what .DLLs the pre-compiled crypto library depends on).