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by xinman

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As soon as Windows 98SE starts I get a Fatal exception error, called MSOOBE does anybody know what 'MSOOBE' is or what it does with? This persons computer is driving me up the wall. I reformatted and used the restore cd and it came up as soon as windows loaded. If it helps it's a HP computer, i know it sucks but...

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by emcs

The only thing I can find is that it is an exe file. The file is in the Win98_46.cab File.

Have you talked to micrsoft about this?

dennie

by m trump

MSOOBE.EXE is the MSN network installation file found in the C:\Windows\System folder, which is a core component of Win98SE...is this person using MSN to access the Web? Go into safe mode and disable MSN (you can't uninstall I don't believe but if you can do so) Try saving that file to a floppy, then deleting it off the hard drive, then reboot and see what happens. If this person doesn't use MSN then there should be no problem with that. Can you just re-install Win98 instead of using a recovery CD? That may work as well. E-mail me if you have any questions!

by xinman

Well, I deleted that file from the hd and then the computer doesn't get the error, but about where it would get the error, it shutsdown. Very weird. Any other suggestions would be nice, but don't fret over it. Thanks though.

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