How do you fix fatal exception errors in win 98

I'm getting an error that theres a windows internal error

and will shut down the application i'm running which is internet explorer 5.0 and also i'm getting the dreaded blue screen which say that theres a fatal exception oe has occured at 0020:c0005338 in vxd vmm(01)=00004338 what does

it means and how to solve this. Is there a guideline when

you get this screen and pinpoint the problem is.

This question was answered on June 27, 2000. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Check your system resources by going to mycomputer ,right clicking, selecting properties,clicking on that and clicking on the performance tab make sure your sytem resources are at 80% or better If not go to run type msconfig , click ok and click on the startup tab of the configuration utility.disable unnecessary startup items you check out more info at www.technet.com if this doesn't work , try using sytem file checker by going to start, run ,type sfc, andclick on ok you can also go to start, shutdown,restartin msdos mode,and type scanreg/restore at the c/windows prompt, hit enter, choose date when system ran correctly, and hit enter this should restore your settings to a date when everything worked correctly.you can learn more about this at www.technet.com

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Posted by Kirk of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on June 27, 2000

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