Guest Solid Snake Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 i found out what kinda error it was a VXD error can any tell me what kinda error this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Bunny Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Originally posted by Solid Snake: i found out what kinda error it was a VXD error can any tell me what kinda error this is? V = Video D = Driver You need an updated video driver. Download it at the manufacturers webpage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I didn't see the previous post on this particular error. A .VXD is a Virtual Device Driver. Most hardware and several programs will install .VXDs in order to function with Windows. What was the name of the .VXD file that was causing your error ? This will in turn point out the possible culprit (video, sound or some program). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Schrullenhaft you are correct a .vxd is a Virtual Device Driver, used by applications, video cards, sound cards, basicly anything that needs to emulate a device of some kind.. - In Windows-- Without virtual device drivers, applications could cause problems when they want to use a system resource that is already used by another application. VxDs manage the use of those resources (mainly hardware devices). For instance your display driver is a piece of software that is necessary for your operating system to communicate with your display adapter. If applications want to use the display, they don't make calls directly on your display driver, but are controlled by Windows' virtualization driver for your display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Solid Snake Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 if i do find it do i delete the file or something other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillies Phan Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Solid Snake, Try the Tech Support Forum. Don't delete anything just yet. Post something on that forum that describes your problem with your operating system, and your video card. yet another .02 for the greater good ------------------ http://www.derkessel.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Solid Snake, Again, what kind of video card do you have? And I'd say that you may need to either update your driver or get a whole new card as to some cheap cards are just a big problem in themselves. Like a friend of mine has an Asus video card and he has been unable to play certain games because that card didn't support the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NigelO Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Don't forget that other hardware uses this mechanism, not just video eg your sound card drivers - I run with the original prototype of a Soundblaster 16 - it's so old that it's the most expensive item of hardware I have! I have problems with Blue Screens, as described, and solved most of my problems by getting the very latest and greatest drivers from Creative (excuses). Some sound mods still cause me grief however... Hope it helps. [This message has been edited by NigelO (edited 03-22-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I think VXD indicates a problem with your mousepad , check here for instructions on how to solve it: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum8/HTML/001367.html Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubes Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 A few links dealing with VXD - blue screens of death. Use the list on the right of this page to open other pages, kinda explains how to check your VXD http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/update/vmm32vxd.html http://www.windrivers.com/tech/troubleshoot/winexceptions.htm http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/fatlexer.htm http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_dos_me/ And finally the other side of thinking about the VXD issue, always 2 sides to a coin. http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/vmm32.html As i have WinMe i just DL the WinMe (vxd) files adn installed them. Havn't really seen a VXD error after that. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy the bed time reading Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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