Win 98 Bug with Generic VxD Drivers

Does your system sometimes hang-up, freeze or crash unexpectedly?
Is it slow?  Mouse move erratically?  You can make your system more stable
and optimal by using the correct Win 98 VxD drivers.  

A VxD (Virtual Device Driver) is a special type of Windows driver that allows
Windows to perform functions that run at the most privileged CPU mode and
allow low-level interaction with the hardware and internal Windows functions.
Win 95/98's VMM32.VXD  (32 bit Virtual memory manager device) is the VxD file
that provides the primary functions (kernel) in Windows.  VxDs can conflict
and lock up the system.  And unfortunately, Windows does not install all the
correct drivers!  VMM32.VXD is the generic driver that is installed to
basically support almost all devices.  There are also device specific drivers
in Windows.  We want those drivers...

First, lets check your current drivers.  Click "Start", go to "Settings", and
choose "Control Panel".  Double click "System", and choose the "Device
Manager" tab.  Now choose a device.
Start with "System devices".  Highlight
"System board" and click "Properties".  Choose the "Driver" tab and push
"Driver File Details".  

Look in the white box it will look like this:
C:\Windows\System\vmm32.vxd (configmg.vxd).

This means that you are missing the correct file in the parenthesis and are
currently using the generic driver.  You can then try modem, display adapter,
etc.  It will list the missing files.

The 7 system drivers needed are:
vcomm.vxd (communications driver), vdd.vxd (video drive device), vflatd.vxd
(video flat-frame buffer virtual device), vdmad.vxd (DMA controller driver),
vmouse.vxd (mouse driver) , configmg.vxd (configuration manager virtual
device for the motherboard), and ntkern.vxd (kernel driver which is used for
the universal host controller). 

All the above needed files are in the CAB
files.  Win98_47 contains the configmg.vxd driver, the other 6 are in
Win98_48.  (The CAB files are labeled Win98_CAB47 and Win98_CAB48 in Windows
98 first edition.)

Steps:
Locate the Win98_47 and Win98_48 CAB files.
The default location is: C:\Windows\options\cabs.  However, some OEMs do not
install them on your drive because of the space consumed.
Extract vcomm.vxd, vdd.vxd, vflatd.vxd, vdmad.vxd, vmouse.vxd, configmg.vxd,
and ntkern.vxd to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
Close Windows
Reboot
Use the above sequence to check the same device, it should now be:
C:\Windows\System\configmg.vxd.  And no more instances of vmm32.vxd!