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I am using a system with Windows 98 as the operating system. I have been facing this problem of late. When I log into the system, the following message appears: "The windows registry or system.ini file refers to this device file, but the device file no longer exists. If you deleted this file on purpose, try uninstalling the associated application using its uninstall or setup programme. If you still want to use the application, associated with this device, file, try to reinstall that application to replace the missing file. Z:vvinesd.386 Press any key to continue." If I press any key, Windows starts loading but I am not able to locate system.ini note pad. Please suggest a solution.

S. Ramesh Vittal

This problem has been addressed in Knowledge Base Q194845. To solve this problem, please follow these steps. Since you did not find any entry related to this file vvinesd.386 in the system.ini file, you will need to next look at the network properties in the control panel to see if you have installed any components related to "Banyan VINES".

If you need these services, you need to remove them and reinstall them. If you do not use these components, then please remove them, restart the system and check if this solves your problem.

If the problem persists, you can directly remove the reference to it by deleting the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Vvinesd

For more reference, please check the Knowledge Base article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q194845/

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