PRB: IOS Failed to Initialize Error During Installation

Last reviewed: June 16, 1997
Article ID: Q168866

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0 on the following platform: Win95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release versions 1, 2, 2.1

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157924
   TITLE     : Error Message "IOS Failed to Initialize" on Boot

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg vb5all VBKBError VBKBSetup VBKBVB kbprb
Version : 5.0 95
Platform : Win95 WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: June 16, 1997
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