Symptoms
Any or all of the following symptoms may occur:When you attempt to open or close Control Panel, or when you removenetwork components in Network properties and then restart Windows, you receive one of the following error messages:

A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:xxxxxxxx in VXD IFSMGR(04)+ 0000D4F1.
The current application will be terminated.
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A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:xxxxxxxx in VXD IFSMGR(03) + 000CF7C.
The current application will be terminated.
The <0028:xxxxxxxx> value represents the enhancedinstruction pointer to the code segment; the 32-bit address is the actualaddress where the exception occurred and can vary from computer to computer.After you receive one of these error messages, you can still use Control Panel, but the Speaker icon may no longer appear on the taskbar. This behavior may also occur in Safe mode.
When you start Windows, you receive the following error message:

A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 028:C0282dB0 in VxD IFSMGR(03) + 0000 CF7C
The current application will be terminated.Windows 95 or Windows 98 Setup stops responding (hangs) while Control Panel is being configured.
Resolution
This behavior can occur if a scanner is installed in your computer, and the Vhpscand.vxd file is located in the Windows\System folder instead of the Windows\System\Iosubsys folder.