IBMODISH.COM Causes Windows 95 to Exit at Startup
Article ID: 130339
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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SYMPTOMS
When you are using the real-mode IBMODISH.COM ODI driver when you start
Windows 95, Windows 95 exits to a command prompt and your computer stops
responding (hangs).
CAUSE
The IBMODISH.COM driver corrupts memory at <DS>:0000, where <DS> depends
on the driver's load address. This driver is not compatible with Windows
95.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, try using the SMC8000.COM driver instead of
the IBMODISH.COM driver. The SMC ODI driver is similar to the IBMODISH.COM
driver.
To use the SMC ODI driver, edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT or STARTNET.BAT file with
any text editor (such as EDIT.COM). Replace any occurrence of IBMODISH.COM
with SMC8000.COM.
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