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: Soltek motherboard AMD K6/3-400 CPU PC100 SDRAM (64meg S3 Savage4 32-meg AGP video card Quantum Fireball 3.1 gig HD I do have a sound card sitting in a PCI slot. I'm not sure if this should be on PCBUILD or PCSOFT. Byron Wolter Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html