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Re: Win95 DoS Fix
From: vsn.asn () ix netcom com (vsn)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:25:00 -0700
Jamie Rishaw wrote:
Hello, Quick fix for Win95 DoS attack: Look on your Win95 machine for "Vnetbios.vxd" files and rename them. After, reboot the system (shutdown completely and power-cycle). This seems to solve the problem. Two places I know that contains Vnetbios.vxd: \windows\system\ \aol30\net\osr1 ^ or your favourite AOL directory :-)
This does work, but you get the annoying "Missing File" error everytime Windows is started. Another way to "fix" this problem is to delete the VNETBIOS key located in: "My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\"
I dont know any additional ramifications of removing these files, but I do know they "fix" the problem.
So far I haven't noticed any side effects resulting from the deletion of this key. I am not running File/Print Sharing so you may get different results if you are. -- Vikrum Nijjar vsn.asn () ix netcom com If knowledge is the key then just show me the lock.
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