i am missing three files at start up - vnetsetup, vredir.vxd, dfs.vxd and at windows startup msnp32.dll. I would greatly appreciate any help... /\/\ /\ r |<

Microsoft Knowledgebase article I don't know if this is your exact problem, but it seems similar. Reinstalling Dial-Up Networking seems to be the answer.

I had the same problem once. Though I don't fully recall everything I did- I do know I had to go to control panel-networking- and add client. That took care of one or 2 of them. Eventually I got tired of it all and reinstalled win98, but I don't exactly recommend reinstalling

Mark, Try uninstalling and reinstalling the network card. HTH Good Day! Mesich

ok- that didnt work im afraid. My problems seem to grow with each new thing i try. At startup i get a message like :the system.ine refers to this file but the device driver no longer exists etc, these are the files it mentions: vnetsetup,vredir,dfs.vxd. Msnp32.dll is also missing at windows startup. I have tryed to reinstall "dial up networking" but to no success. The problem has also affected my display properties. I am forced to look at my screen in 6 colours at a resolution of 640x480 whereas before i could have all colours and 800x600. I also have a dvdrom and cd rewriter attached and they are suddenly not recognised anymore i.e. they do not show in "my computer" and autorun features no olonger work. I also have a cd in the dvdrom but i am unable to remove it - the tray will not respond to the eject buttons. Although the cd-rewriter does. I have also checked the add/remove programs for any programs recently unsuccessfully removed and reinstalled the majority of my applications...to no avail. Also after following the advice on the microsoft knowledgebase article i believe i have created more problems. The system information option now says : Existing Ndis2 Driver Unknown This Device Has a Problem: Code=28 (0x1C) The drivers for this device are not installed correctly. To install the driver for this device, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver. Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\ROOT\NET\0001 Alloc resources: None Forced resources: None Boot resources: None Filtered resources: None Basic resources: None Driver: Driver Not Installed Existing Ndis2 Driver Unknown This Device Has a Problem: Code=28 (0x1C) The drivers for this device are not installed correctly. To install the driver for this device, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver. Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\ROOT\NET\0003 Alloc resources: None Forced resources: None Boot resources: None Filtered resources: None Basic resources: None Driver: Driver Not Installed Before any of this started happening i found that my computer was turning itself on (happened on 3 occasions) and once windows had started i realised that the clock had been reset. My computer information is as follows: Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998 Clean install using Full OEM CD /T:C:\WININST0.400 /SrcDir=E:\WIN98 /IZ /IS /IQ /IT /II /NR /II /C /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2600.0000 Uptime: 0:00:17:24 Normal mode On "BOWMAN" as "Craig Bowman" AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 512MB RAM 73% system resources free Windows-managed swap file on drive C (35953MB free) Available space on drive C: 35953MB of 39070MB (FAT32) other problems included warnings coming up sayin that the computer was critically low in resources and then kept asking me to close programs. I also found that there was conflict between devices and i had to disable my printer port so that i could enable 'Sis PCI audio accelerator' Please if u believe these incidents to be related i would appreciate any help. If not can you offer any advice to solve one of many problems?

Hi Mark, This won't hurt anything and will probably correct all of your issues. Go to the Control Panel and Select Network. Highlight the Client for Microsoft and select Remove. It may say something like your network it not completed. Disregard this and restart the computer. HTH! Post back. Good Day! Mesich

thanks for the help. Doing the above stopped the message for vredir.vxd and the msnp32.dll at startup but it is still there for vnetsetup and dfs.vxd. Also the monitor is still dodgy and the disk drives arent recognised :S