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Name: Kevin
Date: December 19, 2000 at 17:34:21 Pacific
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I am running a Pc266 socket A M805LR with an AMD Duron 600MHz with Nvidia Vanta tnt2 16mb video card (agp), Soundblaster Live X-gamer 5.1 soundcard, Modemblaster Flash 56 pci, Windows Me 4.90.3000.
I keep getting a bluescreen error as follows:
FILE NAME:VMM(01)+0000DC99 ERROR:OE:0028:C000EC99
it only occurs in a couple of games but it is driving me crazy any help would be greatly appriciated.



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Name: geoff
Date: December 19, 2000 at 22:29:05 Pacific
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For WinMe VXD go here http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_dos_me/
For Win98 VXD go here
http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/update/vmm32vxd.html along the top of this page are numbers, click on them to see whats below.
Worth coping what i have put here for future reference if you ever get the blue screen of death with VXD problems..

Geoff / Air on Vroc

VMM32.VxD may be slowing your system
Advanced & Intermediate users

Windows 98 does not install all the device specific drivers and may, incorrectly, rely on the non-specific VMM32.VxD driver to manage different devices. An early report suggests that the newer Windows 98SE is also at fault.

A Virtual Device Driver (VxD) is a special type of Windows driver that allows Windows to perform functions at optimal CPU speed, and permits interaction with the hardware and internal Windows functions. 32 bit Virtual memory manager device(VMM32.VxD) is the VxD file that provides the primary functions (kernel) in Windows. VxDs sometimes conflict and can lock up the system.

Your system will be faster, and safer, by using the device specific VxDs. Specific drivers are always safer, and optimized for better performance.

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Checking your current drivers:

1. Go to
Start • Settings • Control Panel • System
• Device Manager • System devices

2. Highlight System board
and click Properties, Driver tab, Driver File Details

31 If you see C:\Windows\System\configmg.vxd you are using the correct VxD driver

32 If you see C:\Windows\System\vmm32.vxd (configmg.vxd) you are using the generic VMM32.VxD instead of configmg.vxd (Yes! It is telling which one you SHOULD use, but it is MISSING!)

4. Now check (as above) the other VxDs

5. Note the names of any missing specific VxDs

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The correct VxDs:
The seven systems VxD drivers required are:

vcomm.vxd communications driver
vdd.vxd video drive device
vflatd.vxd video flat-frame buffer virtual device
vdmad.vxd DMA controller driver
vmouse.vxd mouse driver
configmg.vxd configuration manager for the motherboard
ntkern.vxd kernel driver used for the universal host controller

You may not need all of these.

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Installing the correct VxDs
The specific VxDs are in the CAB files on the Windows 98 CD-ROM
WIN98: Configmg.vxd driver is in Win98_47. The rest are in Win98_48.
WIN98 SE: The files are in Win98_53 and Win98_54.

1. Extract any missing VxDs to _\Windows\System
2. Close Windows normally, and Reboot
3. Check that the correct VxDs are now being used (in Device Manager)

Note: VxDs added after Windows installation are found in _\Windows SYSTEM\VMM32

Download these files
These VxDs have been added to the Download Page (VxDs from CD). Please ensure you select the correct version:
win98_vxd.zip for Windows98
win98_se_vxd.zip for Windows98SE


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