Vxd's and blk screens of death.

Hello all. I recently did a format and install of win98se. As the install
went well, upon installing drivers,(Ati, creative,Dlink) i recieved an error
message stating that windows has a VXD problem and I need to run win setup
utility again. This was on a black screen after which when told to press any
key it turned off. Upon reboot, all hell broke loose. It rebooted 3 times and
then came on without all the previously installed drivers. Almost like safe
mode. From there i went to add remove programs and all software that was
installed was not there to uninstall. The only thing that was there is what
was installed after the reboot which was Sympatico's access manager.That was
it. Now the computer is booting 8 outta 10 times with no errors, but when the
errors come, man do they come, from blue screens to 3 or 4 reboots to the
same black screen I have mentioned in the beginning. I am running AVG A/V, on
a standalone comp(usually behind a firewall). I have spoke to techs and they
have heard of VXD errors but nothing like what is happening here. I know the
explanation is long so thanks for making to the end here and any info would
be greatly appreciated.......
Thanks

It sounds like you have some hardware component failing. Since during the
boot process, the exact same files load in the exact same order each time,
you should get the same results each time if you made no changes since you
last booted. Virus and hardware failure are two things that can change this
behavior so be sure to check for virus.

If everything worked perfectly until the installation of Sympatico's access
manager, then I'd suggest uninstalling and reinstalling it. Make sure that
you check for any available updates. This article might also help.

Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188867

If you are still receiving errors, please post the exact error. Something
as general as "a VxD problem" isn't specific enough to give specific advice.

PattyL


"Lee" wrote in message
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Hello all. I recently did a format and install of win98se. As the install
went well, upon installing drivers,(Ati, creative,Dlink) i recieved an
error
message stating that windows has a VXD problem and I need to run win setup
utility again. This was on a black screen after which when told to press
any
key it turned off. Upon reboot, all hell broke loose. It rebooted 3 times
and
then came on without all the previously installed drivers. Almost like
safe
mode. From there i went to add remove programs and all software that was
installed was not there to uninstall. The only thing that was there is
what
was installed after the reboot which was Sympatico's access manager.That
was
it. Now the computer is booting 8 outta 10 times with no errors, but when
the
errors come, man do they come, from blue screens to 3 or 4 reboots to the
same black screen I have mentioned in the beginning. I am running AVG A/V,
on
a standalone comp(usually behind a firewall). I have spoke to techs and
they
have heard of VXD errors but nothing like what is happening here. I know
the
explanation is long so thanks for making to the end here and any info
would
be greatly appreciated.......
Thanks

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:33:02 -0700, Lee
wrote:

Hello all. I recently did a format and install of win98se.

Context? See http://cquirke.mvps.org/reinst.htm

went well, upon installing drivers,(Ati, creative,Dlink) i recieved an error
message stating that windows has a VXD problem and I need to run win setup
utility again. This was on a black screen after which when told to press any
key it turned off. Upon reboot, all hell broke loose. It rebooted 3 times and
then came on without all the previously installed drivers.

Could be that what you tried to paper over with a "just re-install" is
still alive and biting attempts to do that to death.



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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:33:02 -0700, Lee

Hello all. I recently did a format and install of win98se. As the install
went well, upon installing drivers,(Ati, creative,Dlink)
...all hell broke loose.

Sorry, the missing link:

http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/bthink.htm



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