Microsoft KB Archive/154273

= Error Message: Duplicated Device: INT13 =

Article ID: 154273

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154273



SYMPTOMS
On the first reboot after installing Windows, you may receive the following error message:

A device has been specified more than once in the SYSTEM.INI file, or a device specified in SYSTEM.INI conflicts with a device which is being loaded by an MS-DOS device driver or application or a device loaded from the registry file. Remove the duplicate entry from the SYSTEM.INI file, and then restart Windows.

Duplicated device: int13 Press a key to continue

When you press a key, Windows loads normally.



CAUSE
There is a device driver listed in the System.ini file that is loading the same services as Int13.



RESOLUTION
Remove the drivers that are causing the problem. Drivers known to cause this problem include:


 * Alihdd.386
 * Aliint13.386
 * Int13dt.386
 * Maxi13.386
 * Pro13.386
 * Symevnt.386
 * Triint13.386
 * Vpmtd.386
 * Wdctrldt.386



MORE INFORMATION
Windows 95/98 Setup parses the System.ini file looking for these types of drivers and disables any it recognizes. The drivers listed above are not recognized as Int13 service providers and are not removed.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbsetup KB154273

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