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Win95, Protection Fault, vip386
Howdy; I have been troubleshooting my machine. Getting "Windows
Protection Fault, please restart your computer" error messages after
cold boots. My bootlog.txt shows that the last file to load before the
error is vip.386. It tells me that this file does not load correctly
because it cannot find the correct device. Can someone tell me what
this file is looking for and why it may not be loading. I have
reinstalled Win95 twice along with disabling all the drivers and
swapping most of the components in the system. Any advice would be
appreciated. Thanx.
Protection Fault, please restart your computer" error messages after
cold boots. My bootlog.txt shows that the last file to load before the
error is vip.386. It tells me that this file does not load correctly
because it cannot find the correct device. Can someone tell me what
this file is looking for and why it may not be loading. I have
reinstalled Win95 twice along with disabling all the drivers and
swapping most of the components in the system. Any advice would be
appreciated. Thanx.
Do you have Dial-up Networking installed? Are you on a LAN? Do that LAN have a dedicated Internet connection? Can you give me more details in your Network Control Panel. Specificaly, any thing to do with TCP/IP.
Most of the <file>.386 system files are left over from earlier versions of Windows (3.1, or 3.11) and are NOT used under Windows 95. Try deleting (or renaming the file to VIP.386.OLD for example) and commenting the line (if any) in your SYSTEM.INI file that referres to it.
Odds on your system will run just fine without it.
Odds on your system will run just fine without it.
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This is a clean system, does not have an old version of Windows on it (ie. no Win 3.1 or WFW 3.11). There is no instance of vip.386 in my System.ini file.
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