OT: Win98 fix -- MS wants to charge me to download patch.

[Kenneth Brody]

Robert Haussmann wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone here running Windows 98 on a CPU running at 2.2GHz
> > or faster?
> > There is a bug in the NDIS driver (knowledge base article
> > 312108) which
> > causes a "windows protection error" on bootup on such
> > systems.  According
[...]
> In all cases, if the hotfix solves the problem, there is no charge
> (well, in some cases if the support incident goes on for a # of days,
> they will charge the card and then credit back the charge after
> the hotfix is issued).
> 
> That being said, try this:
> http://www.sjordan.com/ndis_fix.zip
> (cannot vouch for the authenticity--just found on google--but it looks
> legit).

Thanks.  I did some more searching and came up with that URL as well.
One of the other hits mentioned that the executable is digitally signed
by Microsoft, so it's probably legit.  (Right-click, properties, digital
signatures.)

Of course, now I get a Windows protection error in VCOMM.  Grr...

Isn't upgrading motherboards fun?

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