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by ksvijayb

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Hi
Desktop, O/S: Win 98.
At the time of starting the computer, my Win 98 computer fails to boot and come up with an error message stating the "While Initializing VXD" and stops abrubtly...
On searching the net, I found Windows KB Q263318. But doing this also does not solve my problem.
I have also tried changing keyboards, tried DOS scan/clean etc.

ANy help to make it work is appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
Vijayabaskar.K.S.

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by thechas

First, how much RAM do you have?
W9X has known problems with more than 511MB of RAM installed. Among the symptoms, is that drivers will not load.

Second, have you installed any updates, hardware or software just before this happened?

That would give you a clue as to what files/devices are involved.

Worst case, boot into safe mode, or DOS, and delete the suspect VXD files. Once you get your system to boot, you can re-install the device(s) that needed the vxd files to begin with.

Chas

by ksvijayb

Hi,
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I have 128MB RAM.
I did not do any h/w or s/w updates before this happened. It belongs to one of my end user. He came to the office and just switched on his desktop and this happended.
I am also trying to see whether scanreg can help me.
Thanks.

by pierrejamme

McAfee Scan Disk, particularly older versions can also be a culprit. Have you uninstalled McAfee or upgrade it? If so check out their web site, they have lots of information on VXD problems caused by their software. I have gone into Registry manytimes to delete all references to Mcafee, Network Associates, WebXscan etc.

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