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Fatal Exception Error: OE 0028:C15BE0113 VXD MCSCAN32 (01) = 000278A3 2

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123gad

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Hi,
I receive this fatal error message:Fatal Exception Error: OE 0028:C15BE0113 VXD MCSCAN32 (01) = 000278A3 almost at every task I'm trying to do.
I tried to uninstall McAfee Virus Program, can't do it computer is freezing, run Norton WinDoctor, computer gives me after about 2/3 thru the searching the Fatal Exception Error: Fatal Exception Error: OE 0028:C15BE0113 VXD MCSCAN32 (01) = 000278A3.
I lost my Office Short Cut Bar, went into the folder 1033 tried to restore it, computer freezes up, try to repair Office 2000, computer freezes or gives me the fatal exception error.
Both computers are on a LAN Network and run Win98SE, one is Dell Optiplex Intel, Celeron 500 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, the other is an Epiq, with 900 mhz and 256 RAM.
Any ideas what else I can do.
Thanks,
 
Sounds to me like virus activity, maybe. I've been infected while running certain virus programs that for one reason or another did'nt catch it, and this caused all kinds of strange things to occur. You could try booting with from a clean boot floppy and running a virus scan on you system. I recommend F-Prot for dos, can be found at
Good Luck,
 
OK.
I will give you my professional opinion on this. You won't like it, but I am a bloodied professional, and I'm only telling you what I would do in this situation.

>> BEFORE anything can be done:
> Run MSINFO32. Tools / Startup.
* Stop ALL NORTON AND McAfee programs from running.
> REBOOT

RUN REGCLEAN

REMOVE McAfee.
To do this, I would reinstall it, and then remove it.
I would then Manually delete all McAfee related folders.
* MAKE SURE it is removed from Autoexec.bat & config.sys

** RUN REGLEAN ***

>> COMPLETELY Eliminate ALL NORTON SYSTEM WORKS from your computer.

REBOOT.

RUN REGCLEAN

> Run scandisk
> Run Defrag

> IF you want an AntiVirus program, the best going, and that offers the LEAST amount of problems on Win98 SE is Norton 2001.
ONLY THE AV program.

Norton System works, (like AOL) helps pay my rent. I'll tell you, if more people had that program, I could buy a Corvette (and a brand new one each year). It causes more problems than teenagers on a computer.
McAfee: For about 1.5 years I have been Uninstalling it off of one computer after another. This, after I was installing it on them.
I have NO loyalties to any products, hardware or software, I use what works the LEAST problematically.
I used McAfee for years, then Norton was better, then McAfee started REALLY causing problems, and in 2000 I went back to Norton, and have used Norton 2000, 2001 and now Norton AntiVirus 2002 on All Windows machines I build. I also recommend it to all my clients. Not McAfee.

I hope this helps.

It may also be, your system is so corrupted, you will just have to wipe the HD clean, totally, and reinstall a fresh Win98 SE.
This is what I would do for a client. It saves time, in the long run, and gives solid results.




 
I agree with Jakespeare..nice post * smitee
 
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