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Windows protection error in 95
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Original Message
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Name: S.S
Date: April 27, 2008 at 14:58:33 Pacific
Subject: Windows protection error in 95OS: Windows 98SECPU/Ram: P4 2.0ghz 128mbManufacturer/Model: IBM thinkcentre |
Comment: Hi,
I have recently installed windows 95A, but I have a problem. when windows 95a starts up I get a message saying "windows protection error. please restart your computer". I have two questions:
1)what is a windows protection error?
2)what can I do to fix it?
Thanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: StuartS
Date: April 27, 2008 at 19:19:06 Pacific
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Reply: There is a bug in windows 95 that causes this problem when you try to install on a CPU faster than 350 Mhz. A patch is available from Microsoft to solve this problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192841 You have to boot up in safe mode to install it. If it still failed to boot into safe mode the next step was to under-clock the CPU to it ran at under 350 MHz. It would then boot to allow you to install the patch. How you are going to under-clock a 2Ghz CPU to 300 MHz I do not know. Stuart
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Response Number 2
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Name: Glitchman
Date: April 28, 2008 at 11:32:05 Pacific
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Reply: ^
I doubt the above link applies here, since that is specific to AMD processors, assuming the OP's specs are correct. A P4 2.0 GHz should have no problems running Windows 95. The processor speed only becomes an issue after 2.1 GHz. The problem sounds more like a real mode driver (although it could be something else, like a corrupt system file) that is loading from CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. If you can get into safe mode or even just MS-DOS mode, then post your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT here, and someone may be able to spot the problem.
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Response Number 3
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Name: S.S
Date: April 29, 2008 at 15:35:09 Pacific
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Reply: Hi,
When I went to open my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT in MS-DOS EDITOR, both files were blank.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Glitchman
Date: April 30, 2008 at 07:51:15 Pacific
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Reply: Peculiar. It is rare for both files to be blank on Windows 95. Typically, there is at least a path statement in one of them, so I suspect they have been moved or deleted somehow. Try the following to search for those two:
cd \
dir config.* /a /s
dir autoexec.* /a /s
Since protection errors can happen several different ways, see if this Microsoft article helps.
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