Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, the first response had a link questioning the validity of the VXD file fix so I'll have to take that into consideration, maybe disable fast shutdown is the way to go. Also I am not sure if I am using Windows 98 second edition or not, is there a way to tell?
Bob

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