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by slim_jim_tx 1 view

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I'm running a Compaq Armada E500 laptop, with win98se, office 2000, McAfee 5.0, etc... My problem is when I boot up I get a illegal operation with Mcafee (vshwin.exe), I tried to uninstall and reinstall, plus I went into the registry and deleted all references to McAfee and Network Associates.
I also get the illegal operation when I try to open Outlook 2000, It is configured on a lan, exchange mail. I've tried to uninstall office 2000 and reinstall plus I've installed the service pack. I have done a complete virus scan on the hard drive. Still getting the errors. Help!!!

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by dmiles

The following error may be still caused by application trying to access the same resources or bad memory
Uninstall the virus scan and the service pack,reinstall the the service pack first then the virus scan software
Also try using MSCONFIG and uncheck the box next to virus scan and see if this will clear the message after reboot.
Open the panel to Find,Files and Folders and search for vshwin.exe file and delete the file,reinstall the software.

by jon_w31

I have had a similar problem on a compaq system. This maybe worth a shot. Under system information/tools/system configuration/startup. deselect any referance to Mcafee. reboot the system and uninstall mcaffee. Reboot and check for error messages. For some reason uninstalling this way cured the illegal operation messages I received. i then re-installed the software.

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