FIX: IOS Failed to Initialize Error During Installation (168866)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q168866 SYMPTOMS
Installing Visual Basic version 5.0 on a system running Windows 95 with the
OEM Service Release listed above may cause the following error message to
be displayed during the system restart:
"Windows initializing device IOS: Windows protection error
IOS failed to Initialize, Please restart"
RESOLUTION
In many cases this error has been caused by driver problems. You should
contact your vendor to see if an updated driver is available to fix the
problem.
It is also possible that the error is caused by the problem described in
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
157924 Error Message "IOS Failed to Initialize" on Boot
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Microsoft
Windows 98.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/10/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbBug kbfix kbOSWin98fix KB168866 |
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