fatal exception (blue screen) w/ news (4.77)

hello,
for ABSOLUTELY NO APPARENT REASON, every time i post to news groups i get the following:
"windows "
an f e (0e) occured @ hexAddress vxd ifsmgr(01) + <hexAddress> this was called from <hexAddress> in vxd pppmac(01) + <hexAddress>
-may be able to continue
press any key etc ect etc.
(any key doesn't work however when i do c a + del i go right back into windows and am still connected.)
i have a news (actually now 2) news profiles seperate from my normal mail and so far my reg mail has not caused this.
if i post a message and disconnect the dialer then it (so far) has not blue screened.
i cannot find anything out re: this problem except for a mention of upDating tcp/ip but wonder why since i have the same for regular email and browsing it has not caused other problems.
fwiw searching the pc brings up the following:
pppmac and it states created sunday 7/29, 2001 and
modified:
august 24, 1966 (version: 4.00.950) (?modified BEFORE it was created?)
ifsmgr: created "unknown" modified august 24, 1996 version = 4.00.1111
i would GREATLY appreciate your expertise
(i have nn 4.77 on a win98SE and on another win95B with no problem)
for example can these files be replaced? (they are in win\system folder or does nn perhaps require its own?
THANKS VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE!
sincerely
Tanya

 

If you are getting these errors on a Win95B machine, do you have the Windows Sockets 2 (winsock2) Update and the Dial-up-Networking 1.3 (or 1.4) update for Win95 installed?

Here is what I have in my notes on the error:
============copy/paste==================
From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec@prodigy.net)
Subject: Re: VxD IFSMGR(01) ERROR
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win95.dialupnetwork
Date: 2002-03-08 18:07:25 PST

Dial-Up Networking Err Msg "An Exception OE in PPPMAC "
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/4/49.asp
--
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

Jeff Doersom wrote in message <774901c1c6c2$88b4f440$9de62ecf@tkmsftngxs01>...
>I am running windows 95 and using Netscape for the internet
>email. When clicking on "send" to send an email that I
>have composed, I am receiving the following message on a
>blue screen:
>
>An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C001B1CE om VxD IFSMGR
>(01) + 000035BA. THis was called from 0028:C104C064 in VxD
>PPPMAC (01) + 00004570. It may be possible to continue
>normally.
>
>This usually disables the ability to continue working in
>email or surfing the web.
>
>Any ideas what I can do to fix this?

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Subject: Re: Fatal Exception OE Message
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:19:29 -0400
From: Wyman
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion
References: 1


I've seen this on the Netscape communicator newsgroup and the suggested fix is to apply the winsock 2 update. Here's a copy of the post, from my
notes. Alice
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Subject: Re: System crashes upon send mail
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 02:48:56 -0700
From: hb
Newsgroups: netscape.communicator


Sam Kelman wrote:
>
> I'm getting a fatal exception error (blue screen of death) that has the
> numbers:
> 0028:C001B787 in VXD IFSMGR (01) + 000036DF
> upon sending mail. This happens randomly. Does anyone know what is
> causing this and how to fix it? I'm on a windows 95 system.

Depending upon your version of Windows '95, you may benefit from a Winsock update. Read carefully...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/...s/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp

Lillian Merritt wrote:

> Does anybody know why I am getting the blue screen saying "Windows: A
> fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:C0018F70 in VxD IFMGR(01) +
> 00003384. The current application will be terminated ". I click OK,
> which closes out the program and unless I reboot, I will get this
> message again when using my Netscape mail program.(No other programs are
> open). Does the OE in the message mean Outlook Express?

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http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19990922-3.html

A Fatal Exception OE occured at 0028:C001B942
VxD IFSMGR (01) + 000038FE

Issue: 19990922-3
Product: Communicator
Created: 09/22/1999
Version: 4.x
Last Updated: 10/18/1999
OS: Windows 95 and 98

Question:

I'm running Windows 95 and receive the following error message from time to time:
A fatal Exception OE occured at 0028:C001B942 VxD IFSMGR (01) + 000038FE

Answer:

Install the Windows 95 Winsock/Dial-Up Networking update to fix this problem.

You'll find it at this location.
(snip)
----------
NOTE:
That should be the Windows Socket 2 update, available from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/...s/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp

 

Thank you, Alice!
sincerely,
Tanya
(i have windows 95B but never installed the updates...)

 

You're welcome Tanya.

I was getting the same errror and installing the DUN 1.3 and Winsock 2 updates fixed it fro me. Later on I also applied the y2k updates. I copied the following from my update notes:

9/28/99 Did the DUN 1.3 Upgrade.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/...mmended/S_WUNetworking/dun13win95/Default.asp
Dial Up Networking 1.3 Performance & Security Update
Ran msdun13.exe from Start/Run, (browsed to my Alice\Setup\Pending\DUN13 folder).
After rebooting, got message about missing files, directed it to Windows\Options\Cabs for
- nwserver.vxd
- hosts.sam (had to go twice to Cabs)

[After the pc rebooted and began installing the files, I got a message that the file hosts.sam couldn't be found. I selected C:\Windows\Options\Cabs from the drop-down list (Windows\System was the default), then it came back
with the same message, that hosts.sam couldn't be found! I put in the Cabs location again from the drop-down list and this time it found
it. That didn't happen with the first file it didn't find, nwserver.vxd. That file was located in Windows\Options\Cabs on the first try.]
Restarted PC.

10/8/99 installed Winsock 2 update.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/...s/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp
Did it by first CAD and closing all programs, then going to Start|Run and browsing to C:\Alice\Setup\Pending\Winsock2\W95ws2setup.exe
Got message that update was successful and to check the log file in C:\Windows\ws2setup.log.
and, to Uninstall, run C:\Windows\ws2bakup\ws2bakup.bat.

Note:
After installing both updates, install the Microsoft DUN 1.3 and Winsock2 Year 2000 Update
(there's a link to that on both the DUN1.3 and the Windows Sockets 2 update pages)

 

hello Alice,
many thanks again for the reply!
i have not installed anything yet but i really appreciate the information!
plus this reminds me that i never reinstalled the y2k patch i had when i had to replace the original (failed) hard drive!
i am running windows 95B (osr2) and not the aptiva cd... fwiw
thanks so much again!
sincerely
Tanya