Explorer Crashes because of NDIS.vxd

[FollowJC2Life]

I recently got DSL service, a D-Link ethernet card, a Sprint modem, and Linksys Router. I hooked up the ethernet card and modem and connected to the internet. This worked fine for about a month. I then got the lines ran to network another computer and hooked up the router. When I did this, my explorer now crashes. I reformatted hard drive in order to eliminate the possibility of a virus. It worked fine, but after 3 days it is freezing again.

I troubleshooted the computer using start>run>msconfig and took off all .vxd files and added one by one. The one that is causing problems is NDIS.vxd. When I disable NDIS.vxd, my internet connection is lost. I opened the control panel>system>device drivers tab and there is a conflict (exclaimation point) with the network driver(D-Link ethernet card). In properties, it says that the NDIS.vxd driver needs to be installed. When I reinstall, it freezes explorer again.

Help, FollowJC2Life.

PS - Everything that uses windows explorer freezes, including my documents, my computer, internet explorer, control panel, etc. the only way I've been able to get them to work is by clicking and then using ctrl + alt + del to do an end task on Explorer (forcing it to reboot Explorer). I can't go on like this!

 

[xkjdhdg]

I will forward you to the D-link installtion page

http://support.dlink.com/downloads/

 

[AndrewQ]

I've a similar problem, same symptoms but different hardware. When NDS.VXD is used (TCP/IP protocol with static IP address), windows explorer stop responding after 5-10 seconds, and the only way to continue is to CTRL-ALT-DEL and "end task".
I reinstalled all the network components with no success. Strangely I started having this problem on two different machines in the same day....
Maybe the automatic windows update?

 

[mattjurado]

Download the most recent DLink drivers for your card, uninstall the drivers, reseat your network card, and then reinstall it using the new drivers.

Matt J.

 

[oxygene]

As Matt said, it may be a good idea to reisntall drivers for nic. Don't simpy update drivers but actually remove the nic from DevMngr and reboot then reinstall nic using updated drivers from vendor. If you are using Win98 or ME try reinstalling dun/vpn as well and see if this works.

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