Hi all,

I've asked about this before, and got a couple of
responses from kind folks, but none of their
suggestions solved the problem.

I get the message "Error, An I/O Subsystem driver
failed to load. Either a file in the i/o subsystem
directory is corrupt of the system is low on memory."

This has been a known issue with Windows 95, but I'm
using Win98SE. However, I tried the Win95 fix from the
Microsoft Knowledge base, but it did nothing for me
-- same problem.

I've tried replacing the files in the IOSUBSYS folder,
but also to no avail. I have found, oddly, that the
message appears from a cold boot first time out. Then,
when I C-A-D and reboot, getting the  prompt to start
in Safe Mode, I do not get the message a second time.
Then, if I reboot again, the message appears and the
cycle reboots.

It does seem this behavior may be linked to the
installation of the Microsoft Office suite.
Uninstalling/reinstalling Office, though, does not
help.

Thanks for any help, before I rip all of the old hair
out!

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