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Win98 error messages

I recently tried to upgrade my Win98 laptop to XP, but seeing I only has 128meg of RAM the system ran like a dog. I couldn't upgrade the memory, so I uninstalled XP.

Not I get the following error messages when booting up:

SYMEVNT.386 not found
NAVAP.VXD not found

Then when windows comes up it searches and cannot find:
sysinfo.exe
hsysmon.exe
hpsplmwa.exe
hpmdlbwa.exe

My question is... What (and how) files do I need to edit to get rid of these messages?

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rlburris

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Thanks... That cleared up the .exe files not found, but I still get the following during boot up:

"cannot find a device file that may be needed to run windows application"

SYMEVNT.386
NAVAP.VXD

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rlburris

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Thanks for your quick responses!!!

BillDL

The 4 other files are NOT, as far as I can determine, native to Windows 98.

You probably have had shortcuts in your start menu's startup folder, or entries in the registry keys quoted above, to:

C:\Program Files\BCM Diagnostics\SYSINFO.EXE (Sysinfo.lnk)

C:\Program Files\BCM Diagnostics\SYSMON\HSYSMON.EXE (System Health Monitor.lnk)

reinstalling the BCM Diagnostics Utility would probably fix this error.

The other files refer to an HP Scanner, and there were probably shortcuts in the startup folder also:

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP OfficeJet R Series\ScanPicture\hpsplmwa.exe (ScanPicture.lnk)

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP OfficeJet R Series\PrecisionScan\hpmdlbwa.exe (hpmdlbwa.lnk)

I assume that this starts a background utility at boot which waits for scanner activity and then runs an interface for it.

Using MSCONFIG to disable these 4 entries should have created an additional folder on your start menu named "Disabled Startup Items".

Once you have reconfigured or reinstalled the scanner software and BCM Diagnostics utilities, the Startup folder shortcuts should be reinstated and you could delete the "Disabled Startup Items" folder right from your start menu.

BillDL

It could also be the case that an installation of these applications/utilities in Windows XP installed different versions of the files which are now not needed by them. This will no doubt be apparent if you try to run these programs and they show error messages.

In any event, I prefer to have as few processes loading at startup as possible. There are only a few utilities that really have to be ready and waiting in the background until called. eg. My Epson printer works perfectly well without the Status monitor running in the background to tell me when my ink is low. The lights on my printer will tell me this.

I tend to launch programs only when needed.

BillDL

Hell, I hadn't noticed that you had accepted the comments, thanks :-)

Hope the additional info is helpful.

Thank you much. : )