Fatal Exception in VMM(06) Caused by Damaged Registry

Last reviewed: October 30, 1996
Article ID: Q145836

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

You may receive either of the following error messages in Windows 95:

Windows Networking The following error occurred while loading the device driver Vnetsup. Error 6107: Could Not Setup Instance Data
A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:xxxxxxxx in VxD VMM(06) + xxxxxxxx
While the exception number may vary, 0E is the most common.

CAUSE

This error message can occur when Windows 95 encounters a problem while processing the system registry. If this error message occurs, the registry may be damaged.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, restore your registry files from a backup. If you do not have a backup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q131431
   TITLE     : How to Troubleshoot Registry Errors

KBCategory: kbprb kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95 corrupt

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Last reviewed: October 30, 1996
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