I installed the USB supplement file usbsupp.exe from the Windows 95C CD to update my Windows 95 ver C with USB drivers support. Rebooted the PC and i get error message 'Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer'. I am unable to boot into Safe Mode as the same message appears.

I would rather not reinstall Windows if at all possible. Is there anything i can do to fix this and boot into win95?

... To enable full USB support in Win95 B & C, you must install two files:

USBSUPP.exe

USBUPD2.exe

http://www.usbman.com/Win95%20USB%2...

http://www.synapseadaptive.com/dolp...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=...

Grrrr
wat do I know?
... got brain freeze

Hi thanks for your help. I installed USBSUPP.exe then rebooted in order to install the 2nd file - USBUPD2.exe but was unable to boot back into windows since installing the first file!

Boot into safe mode and see if you can remove that stuff from add/remove programs in control panel. Then, if you need better USB support, upgrade to something like 98.

The USB device driver is probably the cause - try booting to create a bootlog using option 2 on the F8 menu. The file is BOOTLOG.TXT in the root of C. The last entry in that file should be the VXD file causing the problem (hopefully). Rename the file in WINDOWS\SYSTEM (I add .old to the end so I can find it again!) and try rebooting. You'll probably get an error message that the VXD is missing, but with a bit of luck will be able to boot into windows.

I'm not sure if the USB supp. creates more then one such VXD, so you may have to repeat the process. You shouldn't have to reinstall windows. The W95B installation I have dual-booted with W2000 was installed in 1996, and I've gotten round many such problems over the years.

Problem is gone now, i reinstalled Windows 95!

" The W95B installation I have dual-booted with W2000 was installed in 1996, and I've gotten round many such problems over the years."

Now that I like to hear. Determination, and common sense. Re-installing an OS should be last resort. 1996? Impressive.

Why serve in heaven when you can reign in hell?

That venerable W96B installation has been transferred from the original 2Gb WD drive to a 4.3Gb Seagate, then to a 20Gb Quantum, and finally to an 80Gb Maxtor a couple of weeks ago. If anyone had told me I'd eventually be running it off an almost silent drive forty times the capacity of that slow and clunky WD I'd have laughed at them.

W95 was (and still is) a fine O/S - easy to tweak and (relatively) easy to fix. I don't keep it for sentimental reasons - the excellent TV card fitted to that box won't work in W2000/XP, and I've got many good DOS/Windows games that don't work with the newer O/S too.

You're right Celsius - reinstalling should be a last resort. For me it was never an option anyway - far too much installed software and hardware to even consider it.

The phrase "reformat and reinstall" has never been part of my vocabulary. For one thing, you don't LEARN anything doing it that way, even if it IS an option.

Damn straight... but I do indeed hang onto these older things for nostalgia.

I'm a bugger for old Macs too.

Why serve in heaven when you can reign in hell?

My windows 95 won't boot, it won't work, help me, I don't know what's wrong!!