Li'l Roberto
June 12th 04, 08:25 AM
"-RS-" > wrote in message
...
> Asus P2B-F
> 168MB of RAM
> Celeron 550
>
> I was doing a clean install of Win98SE on a freshly FDISKed and formatted
> system and it seemed to go well. The only card in the machine was the PCI
> video card.
>
> After Windows seemed to be cleanly installed, I shut down and put in the
ISA
> D-Link DE-220 network adapter, and fired back up. The install from the
> floppy disk that came with the NIC may not have gone smoothly... I'm a bit
> hazy exactly how the actual install went ... I believe Device Manager
showed
> a big yellow "?" mark by the NIC ... until I updated the driver and
directed
> the process to the floppy disk. The NIC works with the Internet.
>
> BUT when I reboot I now always get error messages involving:
>
> vnetbios.vxd
> vredir.vxd
> dfs.vxd
>
> also:
>
> locproxy.exe
>
> and when Windows desktop just starts to show the wallpaper:
>
> "can't find msnp32.dll"
>
> Also sometimes the CD drive does not show up in My Computer until I
reboot.
>
> Other than the quirk of having to press "any key" to get through the error
> messages on boot up, the system seems to work fine ! (with the exception
> being that I haven't yet been able to institute File Sharing so far...)
>
> What should I do to clean up the boot up process ? What caused this to
> happen ??
>
> Thanks !
>
> -RS-
Remove all existing protocols from Control Panel > Network, reboot go back
into Network and install TCP/IP, enable file and print sharing.
rgds
Li'l Roberto
...
> Asus P2B-F
> 168MB of RAM
> Celeron 550
>
> I was doing a clean install of Win98SE on a freshly FDISKed and formatted
> system and it seemed to go well. The only card in the machine was the PCI
> video card.
>
> After Windows seemed to be cleanly installed, I shut down and put in the
ISA
> D-Link DE-220 network adapter, and fired back up. The install from the
> floppy disk that came with the NIC may not have gone smoothly... I'm a bit
> hazy exactly how the actual install went ... I believe Device Manager
showed
> a big yellow "?" mark by the NIC ... until I updated the driver and
directed
> the process to the floppy disk. The NIC works with the Internet.
>
> BUT when I reboot I now always get error messages involving:
>
> vnetbios.vxd
> vredir.vxd
> dfs.vxd
>
> also:
>
> locproxy.exe
>
> and when Windows desktop just starts to show the wallpaper:
>
> "can't find msnp32.dll"
>
> Also sometimes the CD drive does not show up in My Computer until I
reboot.
>
> Other than the quirk of having to press "any key" to get through the error
> messages on boot up, the system seems to work fine ! (with the exception
> being that I haven't yet been able to institute File Sharing so far...)
>
> What should I do to clean up the boot up process ? What caused this to
> happen ??
>
> Thanks !
>
> -RS-
Remove all existing protocols from Control Panel > Network, reboot go back
into Network and install TCP/IP, enable file and print sharing.
rgds
Li'l Roberto