dreaded blue screen

[hoemee]

I am working on an old computer - 133mhz, Windows first edition, edo ram. On startup I noticed that it counts the ram 3 times and then boots. Then I get the blue screen:

Invalid VxD dynamic link from VDHCP(03) + 00002728 to device "VIP", service 12. Your windows config is invalid. Run the windows setup program again to correct this program. To continue running windows press Y......

I press yes and it boots o.k. and runs with no other problems.

I cannot run the setup again because I do not have a Windows first edition disc. I have a Win 98se disc, but it won't let me run it because it is a later edition than what is installed on the computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Steven

[Digitalic]

How long has it been since this thing has been booted? W95 FE? Might be a Y2k update problem. (Y2k...year 2000)

[glc]

Remove all networking components and uninstall the network adapter. NOTE that you will need the Windows distribution CD/disks if the cab files aren't on the hard drive to reinstall networking..

[hoemee]

Digitalic - I am using Win98 first edition

Glc - I tried to uninstall the network adapters in Device Manager, but it will not remove them. I also tried in control panel - it removes them initially, then they return.

[glc]

You have to physically remove the card.

[hoemee]

That's the kicker - there is no card physically installed, all I have on this mobo(which is a GA-586HX) is the video card. All other slots are open.

[Digitalic]

Something you might want to try is to boot to a DOS prompt and run scanreg /restore. A list of dates will be shown that should restore your registry to a known good start.

If that fails sometimes such errors can be eliminated by doing a registry search and deleting the offending key. I`d try a search for VDHCP(03) and delete any entries that come up.

It goes without saying I`m sure that no registry modifications should be done without a full backup of the system unless you know exactly what you are doing.

[glc]

Look in add/remove programs - the Windows setup tab, communications. Uncheck dialup networking and virtual private networking if they are checked. If it wants to copy files, tell it to skip unless it finds the files by itself.

[hoemee]

Got it - went into safe mode - and removed all network adapters. System now boots up fine - and does not hang up on shutdown. It still does count the ram 3 times before booting....any ideas?

Thanks GLC and others

[glc]

The ram count is a bios setting. You need to enable quick boot.

[hoemee]

I made the change in the BIOS and it fixed it - thanks again GLC