re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." Friday, October 2, 2009 at 4:34 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by madman420 (15 messages posted) You can get a boot disk from bootdisk.com. If you can't get results with the registry restore, just reinstall Windows ME over itself (be sure to select the "repair" option). You'll need to get the updates from the net again though. To do that, upgrade your IE (Internet Explorer) Web Browser. Then install this util: iuctl.cab ...this will downgrade your Windows Update ActiveX control to work with Win9x - Double-click to open it and right-click on the 'iuctl.inf' file and select'install'. ANSWER "NO" TO ANY POP-UP QUESTIONS (DURING THE IUCTL.INF INSTALL OR WHEN USING WINDOWS UPDATE). Install all "critical" updates and your good to go. Written in response to: re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Keith Stanier: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 4:27 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Chrstine Sanchez: Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 7:05 pm) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Steve: Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 7:26 pm) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Ed: Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 1:47 pm) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Keith Stanier: Thu, Oct 1, 2009, 4:27 am) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (madman420: Fri, Oct 2, 2009, 4:34 pm) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Ed: Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 1:20 pm) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Don: Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 4:19 am) re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted." (Ed: Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 1:17 pm) Blue Screen Of Death - Possible solutions (Ed: Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 1:35 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum