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Aptiva -- International IOS fixes

Applicable to: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

Symptom:
When you restart Windows 95 after installing a program or making a configuration change to your computer, you may receive one of the following error messages:

- "Windows initializing device IOS: Windows protection error. IOS failed to Initialize, Please restart"

- "While initializing IOS: Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer."

After the error message is displayed, you may not be able to start Windows 95 normally. However, you should be able to start Windows 95 in Safe mode.

Solution:
Install RMMUPD??.EXE. (?? Represents the language of the version of Windows '95 installed on your system.)
We recommend you pre-install this fix on your machines in order to prevent this problem. This fix will prevent the error from occurring.

- Brazil
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom

If your system is equipped with a USB port and USB drivers, you may still have an occurence of the IOS error after installing the RMM Update file. If you are experiencing this problem, please follow this link to download an updated version of the USB drivers.

- Brazil
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom

Search Keywords

Windows 95

Hint Category

Windows 95, Error Messages

Date Created

23-10-97

Last Updated

09-12-98

Revision Date

09-12-99

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2136, 2137, 2140, 2142, 2159, 2161, 2162

Model

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