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Q168866: FIX: IOS Failed to Initialize Error During Installation

Article: Q168866
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnokeyword kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbOSWin98fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 10-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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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:

  Q157924 Error Message "IOS Failed to Initialize" on Boot

STATUS
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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.



Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnokeyword kbVBp kbVBp500bug kbOSWin98fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbPTNotAssigned kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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