Fatal Exception in VMM(06) Caused by Damaged Registry

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:

Q131431 How to Troubleshoot Registry Errors

Additional query words: corrupt

Keywords : win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :