NEW WINDOWS 98 INSTALL

[nucleus2]

HI; I have been trying to install a new WINDOWS 98 program to a used computer. I cleaned it,the program seems to install it is a new leagel program. But when I get to the end of install it say on reboot. ""WHILE INTALIZING NDSIS. WINDOWS PROTECTION ERROR! YOU NEED TO RESTART COMPUTER. {It will not start in NORNAL mode only in SAFE mode. ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT COULD BE CAUSEING THIS ISSUE.

 

[edfair]

While in safe mode look in the device manager for error ticks.

Could this have been NDIS2 error? Which would indicate a network card or device error where the drivers it tried to load didn't match up with the actual hardware.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[wolluf]

If you've hardware you can disconnect (eg, PCI cards, second optical/hard drives, any external devices), do so, and try again. If it boots ok, reconnect one at a time.

 

[sg6]

If this is a older computer it may not be ACPI compliant. Try using the set up peramater from a dos prompt:
Setup/p i

 

[sg6]

One other question..What is the processor speed that is in this pc?
There is a timing calibration issue that can cause a divide by zero issue via NDSIS if the cpu is to fast for the version of 98 that you have that could also cause your issue.