I have read many discussions on VXD VMM errors but have to find one which matches the one above which I am currently experiencing. I appreciate if anyone could explain to me what it means and how to solve. Currently using an AMD K6-II 350 on a PC Chips M598 motherboad, 64mb RAM, 8mb allocated to built-in AGP SIS 530, old SB16 sound card (with FM) and Win98 SE. I also notice that the majority of VXD errors seem to occur with AMD chips. Ever wonder why AMD has not come out to resolve it?

I guess you have probably found out by now that it is a software problem and and not a chip problem. MicroSquash used to blame it on faulty RAM or a bad processor but it isn't. Some time ago when they put Win95 together they got a very bright idea that they could bundle all the vxd's together into vmm32.vxd and when you required one the supporting dll would make the call to the proper one. They forgot, however, that some of those vxd's were in your windows/system folder and so they added another line in the dll's to look there also. What was accomplished was chaos when processor speeds went up and both loops were running at the same time. Results are the BSD crashes you experience. It is also a common practice in writing web pages to run loops to change or flash banners and call other banners and ads up as you view the page. These seem to work OK as long as they aren't imbedded in the header. If they are the file is corrupted to the point that it sends conflicting commands to windows when the file is accessed off line. Now that you know what the cause is there is a 2 part work around, there is no real solution since we have vmm32.vxd and no substitute and web pages are still generally poorly coded. I would suggest that you set your browser to delete all Temporary Internet files and folders on exiting, nothing there except incriminating evidence of the dirty pictures you looked at. Next if you experience a problem from a DOS prompt delete all of the files in those folders and all cookies. From windows explorer you can delete the empty folders for the subfolders in the Temporary Internet folder. Next go to the site [www.mcs.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm] and down load his vmm32 fix. Hope this helps you battle the on going problem.

John - thanks a million for I solved the problem (i think) using quite a lengthly process of elimination. Go to http://discussions.virtualdr.com/Forum2/HTML/019683.html if you want the story. By the way, the link you specify seems to have gone defunct.