I'm running Win98SE and and use a Netgear Wireless USB Adapter (WG111).

The adapter used to work wonderfully. Then I reformatted the computer and my headaches started.

Now whenever I unplug the WG111 my computer freezes. (I can still move the mouse around, but no response when I try clicking on anything). Sometimes it'll clear up after a few seconds, other times it'll stay frozen. When I hit ALT+CTRL+DEL I see that "msgsrv32" is listed as "not responding"

When I end the task, my computer returns to normal. However, when I try to shut it down, I'll hang at the "Windows Shutting Down" screen.

I did two clean installs to try to fix the problem, unfortunately it didn't work.

Strangely, I have an older computer also running Win98 SE and I use the same adapter on it and have no problems after unplugging it.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Install 98SE SP 2.0.2:

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

Optional:

Install 98SE2ME because it installs WinME updated USB driver support:

http://www.mdgx.com/98-5.htm#KRM9S

Install NUSB:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=43605

Install Netgear drivers for your adapter:

http://kbserver.netgear.com/downloads_support.asp

Hope this helps.