http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q149962
How to Troubleshoot Windows Protection Error Messages

http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/winproer.htm
Henri Leboeuf's "protection" articles.

Here are two I get at
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "configmg"; Windows 98; Exact Phrase; Full Text.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...12&Product=w98
Err Msg: While Initializing Device CONFIGMG: Windows...
(187612) - When your computer restarts after you run Windows 98 Setup,
you may see the following error message: While Initializing device
CONFIGMG: Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...66&Product=w98
Error Message: Initializing Device IOS Windows Protection Error
(263466) - When you start your computer, you may receive the following
error message: Initializing Device IOS: Windows Protection Error When
you try to restart your computer in Safe mode, you may receive the same
error message.

http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Perf"; Windows 98; Full Text; Only produces...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;263466
Error Message: Initializing Device IOS Windows Protection Error
(263466) - When you start your computer, you may receive the following
error message: Initializing Device IOS: Windows Protection Error When
you try to restart your computer in Safe mode, you may receive the same
error message.


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"jack" wrote in message
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| windows 98 se updated properly
| using windows media player 9
| acdsee 4
| whenever i try to view a mpeg file windows media player
| freezes due to bad quality
| also when u do a right click acdsee 4 allows to view a
| preview of the movie
| when the movie hans in the preview the os also freezes
| when the computer is restarted it give a windows
| protection fault and shuts down the computer
| when the computer is booted again the computers freezes
| at the point where the taskbar is about to get loaded
|
| the normal funcionality is resumed only after keeping the
| computer shut for atleast an hour.
|
| other system details are
| pentium 3 833 mhz
| riva tnt 32 mb agp card
| 20 gb hard drive
|
|