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A Description of Static Virtual Device Drivers (VxDs) in the Msconfig Utility

Retired KB ArticleThis article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
Article ID:273843
Last Review:January 29, 2007
Revision:1.3
This article was previously published under Q273843

SUMMARY

The System Configuration utility (the Msconfig.exe file) in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) includes a new feature to enable or disable static VxDs. Static VxDs are virtual device drivers that can be loaded only during startup. They cannot be unloaded.

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The files listed below are the static VxDs present on a clean install of Windows Me. Additional VxDs that appear within the Msconfig.exe utility are likely to be either additional network components, for example, Vserver.vxd, or third-party services, such as virus scanners and utilities.

Your computer can lose its network and Internet connectivity, if all of the following items are disabled:

File nameDescriptionFunction
Vnetsup.vxdMicrosoft network client support.Virtual device driver.
Ndis.vxdNetwork Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) manager.Enables multiple protocols to bind to one network adapter.
Javasup.vxdMicrosoft virtual computer helper device.Helper device for Java.
Vnetbios.vxdNetBIOS virtual device driver.The NetBIOS interface is a set of function calls that enables an application.
Vredir.vxdMicrosoft network client redirector.Client redirector.
Dfs.vxdDistributed file system virtual device driver.Enables the user to access the content of several servers from one share point on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and later servers.

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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