Since on letter is missing from "ress any key" I checked my 98 system for *fs.vxd. One file was found, dfs.vxd. You can extract this file from your Windows 98 CD by going to Start|Run, typing
sfc and clicking OK. Tell System File Checker to extract one file (dfs.vxd) from the installation disk (point it to the win98 folder) and install it in C:\Windows\System.
I followed your instructions exactly, but neither Win98 nor Win98SE disks showed "dfs.vxd" files...also tried find file...no luck. I did find this on my C drive:
I was finally able to get the compressed .cab file opened in WinZip, then extracted the dsf.vxd file...worked like a charm!...black screen error message gone!
I was able to extract the file from the Win98 SE CD with no trouble. I am surprised that you found that entry on your C:\ drive, since it is a part of the Windows registry and should not be visible in Windows Explorer. You will not be able to locate the file on the Windows CD because it is contained in a .cab file which is compressed.
If you can't locate and install it you can email me (my email address is displayed if you click my user name) and I'll send you a copy. Your other option, since the error message says that System.ini refers to it is to disable the reference in System.ini. You can do this by going to Start|Run, typing
sysedit and clicking OK. When the next window opens, click on the System.ini tab to open that listing. Then go to Search and enter dfs.vxd as the search term. When the line referring to it appears, place a semicolon at the start of the line to keep it from executing, then click File|Save.
Denny Denham
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December 18th, 2003 15:00
Since on letter is missing from "ress any key" I checked my 98 system for *fs.vxd. One file was found, dfs.vxd. You can extract this file from your Windows 98 CD by going to Start|Run, typing sfc and clicking OK. Tell System File Checker to extract one file (dfs.vxd) from the installation disk (point it to the win98 folder) and install it in C:\Windows\System.
sunland9
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December 18th, 2003 21:00
Denny...
I followed your instructions exactly, but neither Win98 nor Win98SE disks
showed "dfs.vxd" files...also tried find file...no luck. I did find this on my C drive:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\DFS\static vxd "dfs.vxd"
Any thoughts?
(I looked in ALL files in both disks...I think!)
sunland9
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December 19th, 2003 01:00
Hi Denny...
I was finally able to get the compressed .cab file opened in WinZip, then extracted the dsf.vxd file...worked like a charm!...black screen error message gone!
Many thanks!
sunland9
Denny Denham
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December 19th, 2003 01:00
I was able to extract the file from the Win98 SE CD with no trouble. I am surprised that you found that entry on your C:\ drive, since it is a part of the Windows registry and should not be visible in Windows Explorer. You will not be able to locate the file on the Windows CD because it is contained in a .cab file which is compressed.
If you can't locate and install it you can email me (my email address is displayed if you click my user name) and I'll send you a copy. Your other option, since the error message says that System.ini refers to it is to disable the reference in System.ini. You can do this by going to Start|Run, typing sysedit and clicking OK. When the next window opens, click on the System.ini tab to open that listing. Then go to Search and enter dfs.vxd as the search term. When the line referring to it appears, place a semicolon at the start of the line to keep it from executing, then click File|Save.