Windows Explorer running slow

Recently after removing old application not being used the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When I
start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a minute to
open. Once started when I select a folder it takes
another minute to display it's contents. I tried to
reload WIN98 SE but I get this error messsage:

"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) + 00000714
to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows configuration is
invalid. Run the Windows setup program again to correct
this problem"

I've tried to reload WIN98 SE several times with no
success. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ed

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:00:38 -0700, "Ed"
wrote:

Recently after removing old application not being used the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When I
start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a minute to
open. Once started when I select a folder it takes
another minute to display it's contents. I tried to
reload WIN98 SE but I get this error messsage:

"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) + 00000714
to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows configuration is
invalid. Run the Windows setup program again to correct
this problem"

I've tried to reload WIN98 SE several times with no
success. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ed

Try running Scandisk from Dos then Defrag from Windows.
In Defrag Settings un-check "Arrange programs so they start faster"
That can take a long time and any benefit is negligible.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

"Ed" wrote in message
...

Recently after removing old application not being used the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check.

/ start / run / SFC.EXE
= System File Checker

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Recently after removing old application not being used
the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have
removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When I
start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a minute
to
open. Once started when I select a folder it takes
another minute to display it's contents. I tried to
reload WIN98 SE but I get this error messsage:

"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) +
00000714
to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows configuration
is
invalid. Run the Windows setup program again to correct
this problem"

I've tried to reload WIN98 SE several times with no
success. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ed

Try running Scandisk from Dos then Defrag from Windows.
In Defrag Settings un-check "Arrange programs so they
start faster"
That can take a long time and any benefit is negligible.
.

I have ran scandisk, disk defrag, system file checker and
none of the programs found errors.
I thought a reload of WIN98 would fix it, but it doesn't
complete the reload and reports the error above.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:33:38 -0700, "Ed"
wrote:



Recently after removing old application not being used
the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have
removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When I
start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a minute
to
open. Once started when I select a folder it takes
another minute to display it's contents. I tried to
reload WIN98 SE but I get this error messsage:

"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) +
00000714
to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows configuration
is
invalid. Run the Windows setup program again to correct
this problem"

I've tried to reload WIN98 SE several times with no
success. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ed

Try running Scandisk from Dos then Defrag from Windows.
In Defrag Settings un-check "Arrange programs so they
start faster"
That can take a long time and any benefit is negligible.
.

I have ran scandisk, disk defrag, system file checker and
none of the programs found errors.
I thought a reload of WIN98 would fix it, but it doesn't
complete the reload and reports the error above.

An MS article says that error can be caused by a damaged registry
file. Try booting to Dos and enter Scanreg /restore. Choose a CAB
file backup from before the problem. Re-boot. You may get a message
about a missing file because some have been deleted but that can be
fixed. You can restore the current registry the same way if needed.

If the machine is still slow and you want to re-install, boot with a
Win98 Startup diskette and run Setup from Dos. If Setup tries to
install into a Windows.000 or similar folder change it to
C:\Windows. Your CDrom drive letter may temporarily be one higher.
e.g. D: to E:

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

-----Original Message-----
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:33:38 -0700, "Ed"
wrote:



Recently after removing old application not being used
the
Windows Explorer runs extremely slow. I may have
removed
a critical file, but I don't know how to check. When
I
start Explorer (or My Computer) it takes about a
minute
to
open. Once started when I select a folder it takes
another minute to display it's contents. I tried to
reload WIN98 SE but I get this error messsage:

"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) +
00000714
to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows configuration
is
invalid. Run the Windows setup program again to
correct
this problem"

I've tried to reload WIN98 SE several times with no
success. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ed

Try running Scandisk from Dos then Defrag from Windows.
In Defrag Settings un-check "Arrange programs so they
start faster"
That can take a long time and any benefit is negligible.
.

I have ran scandisk, disk defrag, system file checker
and
none of the programs found errors.
I thought a reload of WIN98 would fix it, but it doesn't
complete the reload and reports the error above.

An MS article says that error can be caused by a damaged
registry
file. Try booting to Dos and enter Scanreg /restore.
Choose a CAB
file backup from before the problem. Re-boot. You may get
a message
about a missing file because some have been deleted but
that can be
fixed. You can restore the current registry the same way
if needed.

If the machine is still slow and you want to re-install,
boot with a
Win98 Startup diskette and run Setup from Dos. If Setup
tries to
install into a Windows.000 or similar folder change it to
C:\Windows. Your CDrom drive letter may temporarily be
one higher.
e.g. D: to E:

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

.
I tried to restore and got an error message:
"System restore operation Failed".
I tried to install with booting from the startup disk and
got the same error message as when I tried to re-install
from windows:
"invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) +
00000714 to device "0009", service 1 Your Windows
configuration is invalid. Run the Windows setup program
again to correct this problem"