While trying to hibernate, I get a warning saying ‘The process cannot
access the file because it is being used by another process’. My friends told me that
the process ‘rundll32.exe’, which runs in the background, is the cause of the error. solve this problem without reformatting my PC?

The problem with your computer could be caused by corrupt files or
even a virus / malware.
First of all, use antivirus
and anti-spyware software to scan your
computer to rule out any infections. Also, use
the program Hijack This to remove possible
hijacks from the registry. Restart your computer
and try to hibernate it again. If this does not
work, try to restore your operating system’s
corrupted iles by using the System File Checker
(SFC) in Windows. Click ‘Start | Run’, type ‘SFC/
scannow’ or ‘SFC/scanonce’ and press [Enter].
The ‘scan now’ option will scan your system files
and replace the ones that have been corrupted
or overwritten by another program, whereas the
‘scanonce’ option will do it at the time of the
next boot only.


Both procedures will ask you for your
original Windows XP CD to be inserted in
the optical drive. Also, they will ask for your
confirmation before replacing any file they ind
corrupted or replaced by any other third-party
application or a virus and back up the current
files in a folder for safety. This should solve the
problem. In addition, disable hibernation from
‘Power Options’ in the Control Panel and then
enable it again after a reboot.

This should make
the operating system delete the hibernation
file created by it before that file might have
become corrupt. The system then builds a
new hibernation file. Let me know if you were
able to solve the problem by following this
procedure.