Win ME
1.4ghz P4
384mb RDRAM
Dell Dimension 8100
Turtle Bay Santa Cruz
NVIDIA FX 5600 w/128mb
80/30gb hdds
etc...

Sorry this is long but I've given step-by-step details of how this came to be. I have the cd version of Betrayal at Krondor that has a windows installer in addition to the old DOS installer. I used to be able to play this game with Win95 but never got it working in 98/98SE or ME before. However, I have installed it fine from windows before it just wouldn't run due to my inability to free enough conventional memory. I had this installed previously on this same exact computer with the ME os... I installed DosBox .61 Win32 then rebooted, no problems. I tried installing BAK using the windows installer from the cd and it failed saying it could not access a Language.ini file. It suggested I check if this file was write protected. It was but being on the cd I could change it's attributes so I showed all hidden and system files then copied the contents of the cd to C:\oldgames\bak, then finally removing the read-only flag from this file. I ran the windows installation program from this directory and it seemed to run smoothly, creating program folders with shortcuts and returning no errors. I rebooted the computer and when I hit enter to log into windows there was a tiny dialogue box that popped up with a message but having my finger on Enter it cleared before I could read it. As far as I can tell there was a brief sentence followed by Yes/No options with the No selected by default. After this Windows loaded normally with no other noticeable abnormalities. I went to the directory I had tried installing BAK to (C:\oldgames\Sierra\BAKCd) and those directories were there but the only contents were a few ini and text files. There were about five files total none of them the .exe. So I knew the installation was screwed and deleted this folder. I then tried running DosBox from the command prompt in case I could run the DOS installer within it. A window opened then I immediately went to a BSOD with the following error:

1File Name: VDD(03) + 00001816 Error: 00:C0231D9E

I prayed and hit Enter and got the same BSOD again. Hit enter again and I was returned to the windows desktop. At this point I rebooted again and after the WinME splash screen...
BSOD with only the following:

1Windows protection error.  You need to restart your computer.
2
3System Halted

I rebooted into Safe Mode and everything seemed normal. The scandisk routine ran on C: drive with no reported errors. Rebooted again in normal mode and got the same Windows protection error. :'( So I tried booting again normally logging to BOOTLOG.TXT and when I examined it in Safe Mode the only errors I saw were failed loadings of .ttf TrueType Fonts?

1LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\MARLETT.TTF
2LoadFail = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\MARLETT.TTF Failure code is 0016
3
4LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\SSERIFE.FON
5LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\SSERIFE.FON
6LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\LUCON.TTF
7LoadFail = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\LUCON.TTF Failure code is 0016
8
9LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\TAHOMA.TTF
10LoadFail = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\TAHOMA.TTF Failure code is 0016
11
12LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\TAHOMABD.TTF
13LoadFail = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\TAHOMABD.TTF Failure code is 0016
14
15LoadStart = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\ARIAL.TTF
16LoadFail = C:\WINDOWS\fonts\ARIAL.TTF Failure code is 0016

...etc. all the way down to WINGDNG3.TTF
Verbatim here, http://members.cox.net/sppimley/BOOTLOG.TXT

Now I don't know if this is the BOOTLOG.TXT of the failed Windows load or the successful Safe Mode load. I used a WinME boot disk and when I examined the log there were no mentions of these fonts or any other errors. I would like NOT to have to format->reinstall (yet again), so if anyone can help me track down the problem and possible solutions their help would be extremely appreciated. I can't get online with my pc due to this problem but I'll be able to check my webmail or this site from a laptop.

Thanks,
S
sppimley@cox.net