Whenever I go to a site that has any kind of music a blue screen comes up saying A fatal exception 0E has occured at 0028:C18818C0 in VXD DSOUND (02) + 00000080. The current application will be terminated. then it says to push enter or restart your computer. whenever I hit enter it boots me out of that program. What can I do to fix this problem?

DSound sounds like DirectSound...maybe reinstall DirectX Dunno if it will help --Raf

WIN98 VXD BUG Have you ever got a "VxD error" message while starting Windows 98? It's pretty much "fatal", and automatically returns you to the DOS prompt. :( Especially if you upgraded to Win98 from Win95 or OSR2, since some old 32-bit protected virtual drivers might have "survived" the upgrade. The MS Windows 98 Resource Kit Help file (Win98rk.hlp, found in the \Tools\Reskit\Help folder on the Win98 Setup cd-rom) states that: "If a virtual device driver (VxD) is missing or damaged, Windows 98 displays an error message that indicates which VxD is involved. If the VxD is critical to the operation of Windows 98, then Windows 98 does not start and the screen displays the command prompt. You might need to run Windows 98 Setup and select Verify or Safe Recovery to replace the missing VxD." But there is an easier solution to this problem. The generic driver Vmm32.vxd (located in C:\Windows\System) was built when you first installed Win98 on your computer. Depending on your hardware specs, it may contain some or all of the following VXDs (Virtual eXtended Drivers): biosxlat.vxd, configmg.vxd, dynapage.vxd, ebios.vxd, enable.vxd, ifsmgr.vxd, int13.vxd, ios.vxd, parity.vxd, reboot.vxd, vcache.vxd, vcd.vxd, vcomm.vxd, vcond.vxd, vdd.vxd, vdef.vxd, vfat.vxd, vfbackup.vxd, vflatd.vxd, vkd.vxd, vmcpd.vxd, vmouse.vxd, vmpoll.vxd, vpd.vxd, vsd.vxd, vtdapi.vxd, vwin32.vxd, vxdldr.vxd. Vmm32.vxd is not only slow to load (because of its huge size), but if you have added/changed your hardware devices after installing Win98, this old driver might not match your system specs anymore. Certain system errors, like random lockups, error messages at startup, VMM errors, erratic and/or slow mouse movement etc, might be resolved by selectively overriding a VXD included within Vmm32.vxd. Start by manually extracting one or more of these individual drivers from the .CAB files found in the \Win98 folder on your Win98 Setup cd-rom, and then copying them to your C:\Windows\System\Vmm32 folder (change the Windows folder name if different on your machine). Use this command line (example): EXTRACT /Y /A D:\WIN98\BASE4.CAB VCOMM.VXD to extract VCOMM.VXD to the current directory. Typing in the first .CAB file name in a given folder (in this case BASE4.CAB), forces EXTRACT.exe to search all CABs in the same directory for the file you specify. Change the cd-rom drive letter if different on your system. Now move VCOMM.VXD to C:\Windows\System\Vmm32, and reboot. From now on Win98 will use the individual VXD instead of the one contained in Vmm32.vxd, because if the same VXD loads twice, the second instance (in this case the one in C:\Windows\System\Vmm32) intercepts all the calls to that particular VXD. Alternatively you can edit System.ini (located in your Windows folder) using Notepad, and add an entry for the VXD you know creates "problems", under the [386enh] section. Example: device=vcomm.vxd VXDs known to generate error messages more frequently are: configmg.vxd, ntkern.vxd, vcomm.vxd, vdd.vxd, vdmad.vxd, vflatd.vxd and vmouse.vxd. You can also check which VXDs are used in Vmm32.vxd on your Win98 computer by running Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager tab -> Your device name -> Driver tab -> Driver File Details button, and look for all drivers that have VMM32 in parenthesis after their filenames. Example: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VCOMM.VXD (VMM32) Check all items on your Device Manager list for similar drivers and write down their names. Extract them to C:\Windows\System\Vmm32 and then reboot. Now go back into Device Manager, and check again for the same drivers. You'll notice that all (VMM32) instances after the driver filenames are gone. UPDATE: Run VXD_FIX.BAT [27 KB, free] to copy all necessary VXD files from your Win98 Setup cd-rom to your C:\Windows\System\Vmm32 folder. http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm

Benno: fatal exception 0E error. Re: "UPDATE: Run VXD_FIX.BAT [27 KB, free] to copy all necessary VXD files from your Win98 Setup cd-rom to your C:\Windows\System\Vmm32 folder. http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm" Sorry I did not understand most of your comments nor could I follow your directions without totally screwing up. Would the above be "OK" alone Have encountered problem only since instalaton of WIN 98.All was well before.. System starts well but after a while (Using explorer seams to be the worst culprit) the Fatal Error kicks in.. Any help appreciated...

Impossible to start my computer with windows 98 first version,impossible to use the mouse, appears a vmm32 error, or vmouse.vxd error. Wath is the procedure to reinstall this vxd file? vmouse.vxd?