"BUG CHECK Error in VIP" Error Message When Obtaining a DHCP Lease

ID: Q242962

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you dock your computer, or resume your computer from hibernation, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen:

BUG CHECK Error in VIP

NOTE: Pressing the space bar on your keyboard takes you back to Windows, but you may experience network connectivity problems until you restart your computer.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you dock or resume your computer while it is in the process of obtaining a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) lease.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date       Time      Version     Size    File name Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   10/10/1999 5:46:12pm 4.10.2001   75,777  VIP.386   Windows 98
   10/01/1999 5:38:25pm 4.10.2225   80,409  VIP.386   Windows 98 SE

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

When you undock or suspend your computer, the validity of the network adapter on your computer is not checked, and because of this, your network adapter attempts to obtain a DHCP lease. The error message listed earlier in this article is generated when DHCP attempts to set a Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) address on a network adapter that is not valid or is disabled.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork win98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:98 Second Edition
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb