Click start-settings-control panel, double click System,
click 'device manager' tab and see if any little icons
have a yellow circle with a black '!' in. if not, boot to
DOS (press F8 when 'starting windows 98' appears just
after your pc turns on) and run scanreg.

-----Original Message-----
i am getting windows protection error when i try to start
a windows 98 computer i have used for years. i haven't
changed anything recently. it tells me to restart
computer, when i do, it restarts in safe mode. how do i
fix this?????
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