W 98 Installation Error

I am building a computer. Near the end of the Windows 98
installation I get the error message:
"While initializing device NSIS: Windows protection
error. Hit any key to continue."
When I hit a key the DOS W 98 Menu screen comes up with
Save Mode highlighted. Hiting Enter brings up Safe Mode
but that's all.

This error is covered in Microsoft's Knowledge Base
article 312108 that states that it's caused by a CPU that
runs at more than 2.2GHz, or faster, causing the timing
calibration code in the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) to divide by zero. A fix is
available but is not given in the article that states
that Microsoft Support must be contacted to get it. Does
anyone in this group have the fix? I guess I'm just cheap
and hate to give Bill $35 to get it.

"Cheap" wrote in message
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I am building a computer. Near the end of the Windows 98
installation I get the error message:
"While initializing device NSIS: Windows protection
error. Hit any key to continue."
When I hit a key the DOS W 98 Menu screen comes up with
Save Mode highlighted. Hiting Enter brings up Safe Mode
but that's all.

This error is covered in Microsoft's Knowledge Base
article 312108 that states that it's caused by a CPU that
runs at more than 2.2GHz, or faster, causing the timing
calibration code in the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) to divide by zero. A fix is
available but is not given in the article that states
that Microsoft Support must be contacted to get it. Does
anyone in this group have the fix? I guess I'm just cheap
and hate to give Bill $35 to get it.

It is the NDIS fix, not NSIS: and free (by email,
not posted publicly) if you phone one of the free
MS Support lines and ask for it, citing the KB number.

Consider my experience. Was sent the fix, DL it
(with password) to floppy. It turns out to be a Windows
pgm, not DOS i.e. we must instal Windows before
it can run. But the instal process (on a new P4 system,
speed 2.8 GHz) will not go, keeps failing at the first or
second reboot citing NDIS error.

One evening half listening to TV I tried again three or
four times to instal in conventional manner -- and this
time it worked, completed OK for Win98, drivers updated,
and updated to Win98SE. Then I run the NDIS fix:
"This patch is not written for your version of Windows."

Reported this to MS (twice 10 and 15 days ago): no
answer: but the fast PC runs OK -- go figure.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

lol, okay, a tip, reinstall windows 98 with the following
attached to the end of setup.exe /nm
so it should appear like thisx= the drive letter)
x:\setup.exe/nm or X:\setup.exe /nm (either way
ti shouldnt matter) what the /nm switch does, is it says
to the cd, do not lookat the minimum requirements, and
just continue the install. My fatehr runs a 3.0 ghz
dualboot (with 98/xp) and he had to end the /nm at the
end to get the installation to continue (and eh was well
over minimum requiremnts)
good luck,
Bill
-----Original Message-----
I am building a computer. Near the end of the Windows
98
installation I get the error message:
"While initializing device NSIS: Windows protection
error. Hit any key to continue."
When I hit a key the DOS W 98 Menu screen comes up with
Save Mode highlighted. Hiting Enter brings up Safe Mode
but that's all.

This error is covered in Microsoft's Knowledge Base
article 312108 that states that it's caused by a CPU
that
runs at more than 2.2GHz, or faster, causing the timing
calibration code in the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) to divide by zero. A fix is
available but is not given in the article that states
that Microsoft Support must be contacted to get it. Does
anyone in this group have the fix? I guess I'm just
cheap
and hate to give Bill $35 to get it.
.

if the /iq does nto work, here is one mroe switch to
try, /is
so it could appear like this, X:\setup.exe/is
good lcuk, Bill
-----Original Message-----
I am building a computer. Near the end of the Windows
98
installation I get the error message:
"While initializing device NSIS: Windows protection
error. Hit any key to continue."
When I hit a key the DOS W 98 Menu screen comes up with
Save Mode highlighted. Hiting Enter brings up Safe Mode
but that's all.

This error is covered in Microsoft's Knowledge Base
article 312108 that states that it's caused by a CPU
that
runs at more than 2.2GHz, or faster, causing the timing
calibration code in the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) to divide by zero. A fix is
available but is not given in the article that states
that Microsoft Support must be contacted to get it. Does
anyone in this group have the fix? I guess I'm just
cheap
and hate to give Bill $35 to get it.
.