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Thread ID: 7748 2001-02-13 04:14:00 Erratic start-up Guest (0) Press F1
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8678 2001-02-13 04:14:00 I run Windows 98 on a PC that is 18 mths old. For the last three weeks, I have been experiencing this problem on start-up: the desktop appears as per normal, but the shortcut icons on it don't appear, ie I just have a completely empty desktop. If I push ctrl-alt-delete, the 'Close program' dialog box says simply:
Explorer (not responding)
Vsmon (Not responding)
Csinject
Minilog
The second of these items ('Vsmon (Not responding)') is highlighted. If I push ctrl-alt-del again, the PC normally re-boots correctly, though occasionally I have to try this three or four times. How do I fix this problem?
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8679 2001-02-13 06:18:00 Use msconfig (from start/run), click the Startup tab.

In here untick everything and restart,
if your pc starts ok go back to msconfig and tick one thing,
restart,
repeat steps until you find the errant app.

You can then uninstall, delete, reinstall as per your requirements.
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8680 2001-08-13 19:10:00 Do you have zonealarm installed? Because I seem to have the same problems, and vsmon seems to be part of zonealarm. Guest (0)
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