Hi Everick

I also had problems with direct cable connection. I went poking
around some of the more obscure help files and found that Win98
and Win95 use *different* protocols for direct cable connection.
If I remember correctly, Win98 uses TCP/IP and Win95 uses IPX/SPX
so you need to install the IPX/SPX protocol onto the Win98
machine. I tried this and I can now link my Win95 and Win98
machines without any problems - I don't know if this will help
with the error message though.

Earl

Everick Holder wrote:
>
> I recently tried to use direct cable connection with my laptop with
> windows98 installed, and a system at my office with windows95 installed. The
> system at the office is on a network but has a printer attached. I
> disconnected the printer cable and attached the direct connection cable
> (which came with the laptop) to the office puter and my laptop.
> When I tried to make the connection, neither of the two puters saw each
> other. However the office puter said that it was connected by the LPT 1 port
> and the laptop couldn't connect.
>
> The laptop also gave the following message " unable to load *msnp32.dll*
> System cannot find the specified file"
>
> I got fed up, closed down both systems and disconnected. Now here is the
> problem.
> Since then, every time I boot up the laptop, I get the following message;
> "the windows registry or system.ini file refers to this file, but the device
> file no longer exists. if deliberately removed uninstall the program using
> it's uninstaller or setup program. If needed reinstall the application
> associated with the device file. Reinstalling the application will replace
> the missing file". The two files  are
> vredir.vxd and dfs.vxd.
>
> I didn't delete anything. I just closed down direct cable connection and
> exited. Can any one think of what went wrong, and how I can get rid of this
> message from my laptop at boot up?

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