While initializing device IOS: Windows protection error.
You must restart your computer
Error:
"...Windows Protection Error..." in Windows 95
Situation:
After you made configuration changes to your system, Windows 95 displays one of
the following errors during system startup:
"While initializing device IOS: Windows protection error. You must restart
your computer."
"While initializing IOS: Windows protection error. You need to restart your
computer. "
"Windows protection error. You must restart your computer."
"Windows initializing device IOS: Windows protection error. IOS failed to
Initialize, Please restart "
"Windows initializing device IOS: Windows protection error. You need to
restart your computer."
"Windows protection error."
Common configuration changes include:
- Installing a program. Installing any program can result in these errors,
including installing Norton Utilities.
- Changing the size or location of the swap file. If you checked the
"Configure swap file for optimal performance" option in Optimization
Wizard, it makes these changes when they are appropriate.
- Editing the registry. If you checked the "Optimize my registry"
option in Optimization Wizard, it edited your registry to remove empty space.
Your system has 32 MB of RAM or more, many device drivers loading into memory,
and it does not have Internet Explorer 4.0 installed.
Solution:
This is a known issue with the Windows 95 operating system and may happen after
installing or uninstalling any product. Microsoft has fixed this problem in
Windows 98.
One of the following solutions may resolve the problem until you are able to
obtain a copy of Microsoft's repair file, IOSUPD.EXE.
- Rename the SMARTDRV.EXE file in the C:\Windows folder.
- Rename the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
For more information, see Article No. Q157924 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
at: http://support.microsoft.com/support/
Microsoft's IOSUPD.EXE file can be found on the Microsoft Web site and at a
number of other locations. Since the installation instructions appear to assume
that the system is successfully booted into Windows 95, you may need to
reinstall Windows 95 before you are able to apply this fix. As with other
hotfixes, it may not be advisable to apply the hotfix unless your system reports
this error.
CAUTION:
Run this file only on Windows 95 systems. The file can corrupt your installation
of Windows 98.
This file can be found at the following location:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/iosupd.exe
This is a Microsoft ftp site for file downloads. Download the file
IOSUPD.EXE. Running this file will extract the files IOSFIX.EXE and IOSFIX.TXT.
Running IOSFIX.EXE will extract the files README.TXT and RMM2UPD.EXE.
- Taken from Symmantec's Website
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