Start Run Type msconfig Startup tab. Remove the
ticks from everything to do with ZoneAlarm, and reboot
your PC.

If you can't get into the normal version of Windows,
rebooot your PC. Just before the 98 splash screen comes
on, press F8 on your keyboard, then select Safe Mode.


-----Original Message-----
I'm running 98SE and Zone Alarm.

After installing new 98SE patches and a new Zone Alarm,
I keep getting
message boxes saying the program has performed an
illegal operation and
will be shut down. It says there is a page fault in
vsdat.dll when
called by vsmon.exe and zlclient.exe, which are
components of Zone Alarm.

The CPU is used 100%, and the system doesn't respond to
ctrl-alt-del.

I try to delete the exe and dll files but can't because
they are in use.

I don't know how to kill the task or somehow prevent it
from starting at
boot time.

Please advise.

.