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Old June 16th 04, 11:57 PM
jack
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Default computer freezes up at boot

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


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Old June 17th 04, 03:16 AM
PCR
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Default computer freezes up at boot

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
|
|


 




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