"Windows Protection Error" After Installing Internet Explorer 5 and Windows 95 Year 2000 Update

ID: Q246381

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Explorer 5 and the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update on a computer running Windows 95 with a 3Com 3C905 network adapter installed, you may receive the following error message:

Windows Protection Error

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you are using the 3Com 3C905 EtherDisk XL driver version 1.1.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, obtain and install the latest version of the 3C905 driver from 3Com. You can obtain the driver from the following 3Com Web site:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905.htm

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q225050 Availability of the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update

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Additional query words: y2k

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg win95 msiew95
Version : WINDOWS:5,95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb