Devhux
09-09-2004, 05:53 PM
I've been pulling my hair out over this one for the past week, so I thought I'd ask for advice. icon_smile.gif
I have an older HP computer sitting here (it's not mine -- honest), and for the life of me I cannot get Windows 98 (First, or Second Edition) to install fully. I get to the part where it's going to actually start up Windows 98 (to do the final configuration changes), and I get a DOS prompt stating:
Windows Protection Error
c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd - Missing/Unable to load.
(I think it had the .vxd extention at the end).
Anyways, I've done everything from copying every single VxD file from the cabinet files to removing all non-essential pieces of hardware (this system had 2 IBM PCI 10/100 network cards for example). I've also done a full Memtest86 (memory) and SpinRite (HDD diagnostic) run to see if either of these components were causing trouble, and nothing. The MS Knowledgebase wasn't helpful either (I looked).
I have an older HP computer sitting here (it's not mine -- honest), and for the life of me I cannot get Windows 98 (First, or Second Edition) to install fully. I get to the part where it's going to actually start up Windows 98 (to do the final configuration changes), and I get a DOS prompt stating:
Windows Protection Error
c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd - Missing/Unable to load.
(I think it had the .vxd extention at the end).
Anyways, I've done everything from copying every single VxD file from the cabinet files to removing all non-essential pieces of hardware (this system had 2 IBM PCI 10/100 network cards for example). I've also done a full Memtest86 (memory) and SpinRite (HDD diagnostic) run to see if either of these components were causing trouble, and nothing. The MS Knowledgebase wasn't helpful either (I looked).