OT: Windows Protection Error Windows 98

[seaneyb2003]

hi my friend has a problem and he asked me when his computer starts up it comes up with windows protection error. Then it trys to shut down and writing comes up and says its now safe to turn off your computer???what shall i do

[ByteMare]

Reinstall the OS

[seaneyb2003]

done that many times still it doesnt work

[RincewindTheWiz]

Did you do a clean install ? No need to reformat, just delete the Windows and Program Files directories in DOS (use a boot disk) and you can make a clean install. If it still happens even when you reformat or follow my way, it's almost certainly a hardware error. If he's overclocking, put everything back to default. And check the memory with memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) , a LOT of weird errors happen because of faulty memory.

[NorthViking]

Could be your RAM, try and replace !

Also check out this link http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;187212

[seaneyb2003]

i will tell him this thanks guys. he payed £500 uk pounds for a computer

amd athlon 2200+ 1800 Mhz
256 mb ram
dvd rom
nvidia mx440 64 mb agp
some hard drive
modem
and thats it it totaly got ripped off
i carnt even see the specs caus it wont even boot up so its a pain in the arse. plus he didnt get a monitor either

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi seaneyb2003, it's very weird. Just some thoughts...

This is a known problem with AMD K6-II CPU's above 300 MHz (I have one at home :) ) but those have been current long ago... It still might be some timing problem: that your CPU is simply too fast for Windows 98...? Dunno, I'm having no problems with Windows 98 on an AMD Thunderbird 1000...

Joe

[NorthViking]

Originally posted by seaneyb2003
i will tell him this thanks guys. he payed £500 uk pounds for a computer

amd athlon 2200+ 1800 Mhz
256 mb ram
dvd rom
nvidia mx440 64 mb agp
some hard drive
modem
and thats it it totaly got ripped off
i carnt even see the specs caus it wont even boot up so its a pain in the arse. plus he didnt get a monitor either
With that comp spec I would get Windows XP.

No problems with that OS ;)

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hey seaneyb2003, don't let yourself get persuaded into switching to another OS! ;) Windows 98 _does_ work well with today's PC hardware, too... Switch only when you a have a reasonable reason (wow! :D ) to do so...!

Joe

[non-fiction]

don't let yourself get persuaded into switching to another OS!

I dunno about that - support is waning for 98, win 95 is no longer supported by many games & hw manufacturers - MicroSoft seems to be disowning it with the new DX9 release

It's only a matter of time before win 98 & me go the same way. The new NVidia Forceware 52.16 drivers are a good example, - They are currently only available for XP users. Even Virus writers have stopped making them effect win9x based systems (although thats a good thing, it shows how trends are going)

I'm a great believer in " if it aint broke, don't fix it", but "if it is broke , fix it" is an under used phrase.

I run a duel boot system of Win me & XP coz I like to get the hang of a new OS and patch the ineveitable bugs inherent in Microsofts policy of getting users to pay to beta test their products (did I say that?) before I commit to it. but thats not always possible for people without multiple drives, particians or limited HDD space.

XP is pretty damn stable now & I find myself booting less & less to Me & will probably scrap or format my Me drive soon & dedicate it to something more usefull (like hardcore porn or ripped DVDs!! - I definitely didn't say that)

non fic

ps overall it sounds like a shoddley put together machine I hope it doesn't give your mate a tonne of problems, but fear it will. A newly built PC shouldn't really have 98 on it in the 1st place. Sadly, I think he may have been had.

[NorthViking]

Win 2000 and Win XP are amongst the most stable Operative Systems :cool:

[seaneyb2003]

ur dam right they are. it was me mates computer that was buggered. No worrys got it fixed now. I think i will tell him to put xp on i hated xp at first caus there was so many bugs looks like they cleared that with the service pack.

Cheers
Seaneyb2003