[pchelpers] Re: vsmon error on reboot
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:45:08 +1200
The message relates to components of Zonealarm called
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE
and
vsmonapi.dll
One way to stop these from firing up is to use a utility like
Startupcontrol to prevent it from loading. You should be able to use
that in safe mode if you have it.
G.R. Hanson wrote:
>I deleted my zonealarm, and then downloaded the latest zonealarm.
>Well, now when I go to reboot my pc, it brings up the box, and I click ok.
>
>It makes the sound like it is going to reboot. (So far so good.)
>
>But then, another box comes up and says something like:
>vsmon has caused an illegal operation
>
>When I click ok to THAT box, most of the time it just hangs and does not
>reboot, or if it does reboot, it does not fully reboot and I have to cold boot
>to get it to go to windows... I don't think once it has let me reboot and it
>actually worked!
>
>I tried searching online for info about this, but they all mentioned it could
>happen if you have this or that, and I don't have those things.
>
>Today I deleted zonealarm, but reinstalled it using the same download as I had
>before, and I have the same problem.
>
>Help!
>
>Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USa
>
>
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