On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:47:52 -0400, you wrote:

>I just put together a new computer and after installing Windows 95, it gets to the part where it says"staring windows for the first time."
>At that point I get a "windows protection error.  can't initialize IOS."
>What would cause this?  I have the following:

>AMD K6/3-400 CPU

This is a link to the knowledge base article quoted below.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q192/8/41.asp

When you start your Windows 95-based or Windows 95 OEM Service
Release- based computer that is using an AMD-K6-2 processor that runs
at a speed of 350 MHz or faster, you may receive one of the following
error messages: 

Device IOS failed to initialize. Windows Protection Error. You must
reboot your computer. 

Windows Protection Error. You must reboot your computer. 

The AMD-K6-2 update has been revised to incorporate a newer version of
Vfbackup.vxd file. For information about this update, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q234/2/59.ASP

To resolve this problem immediately, visit the following Microsoft Web
site: 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads
Scroll down to the Service Packs section and then click the link to
download the Windows 95 Update for AMD-K6-2/350.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95
and OEM Service Release versions 2, 2.1, and 2.5. 

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

Hope this helps,
Ernie Goens

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