I have been trying to help a friend who's win98 computer was stuck in 'safe mode'.Eventually we resorted to scanreg/restore...Computer will now start up into normal mode but we get messages to say that the files 'vsdata95.vxd' and ' C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\enable.VXD' cannot be found and that some programmes may not work.
Pressing any key bypasses these messages and the computer then starts up normally.
What are the missing files,...and are they really needed...if so how can we replace them.

has your friend been using zone alarm firewall ?..by googling the error seems to point to zone alarm

Yes,Zone Alarm is installed.....What should i do...Uninstall it,ReInstall it...please advize.

p.s. What do you mean by 'Googling' have seen it mentioned but have no idea what it is

"Googling" is using the Google search engine. Just type google.com in your address bar, and when the site opens, enter whatever you want to search for. It's fairly fast.

Check this article and see if it helps.

Thanks Dan...have done the fix in the article...only get the message about 'vsdata95.vxd' now.....will try some more 'Googling'.

Ok Dan...have been a'Googling and think i have sloved the problem by removing the entry in the Registry...have uninstalled Zone Alarm as this computer is not going to be used on the internet anyway.

Thanks again.

By the way...it is Sunday..don't you peeps ever go to bed

Going to bed means maybe missing postings. Can't do that. ;>)

OK, you beat me to it. I presume you found/deleted the vsdata95.vxd data entry from here;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\VxD

Is everything working OK now?

Originally Posted by donny0

By the way...it is Sunday..don't you peeps ever go to bed

we never sleep.. ...with members all over the world, it's daytime or evening for someone..

Starting up ok now...Yes the files were in the specified Registry entry..
Just the other zillion or so niggles to sort out now.
The computer is only for the kids to play with so no doubt it will shortly be knackered again

Cheers....donny0