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Fatal Exception in VMM(06) Caused by Damaged Registry

Article ID: 145836

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006


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SYMPTOMS

You may receive either of the following error messages in Windows 95:
Windows Networking
The following error occurred while loading the device driver Vnetsup. Error 6107: Could Not Setup Instance Data
A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:xxxxxxxx in VxD VMM(06) + xxxxxxxx

While the exception number may vary, 0E is the most common.

CAUSE

This error message can occur when Windows 95 encounters a problem while processing the system registry. If this error message occurs, the registry may be damaged.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, restore your registry files from a backup. If you do not have a backup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131431 How to Troubleshoot Registry Errors in Windows 95


Additional query words: corrupt

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