Article ID: 188094
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q188094
SYMPTOMS
When you start Windows 98, you may receive the following error message:
Error loading GDI.EXE. You must reinstall windows.
After you receive this error message, the computer may stop responding
(hang) or restart. This behavior may also occur when you start Windows 98
in Safe Mode.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you are using a VGA video adapter driver and one
or more of the following files are missing or damaged:
Vgasys.fon
Vgaoem.fon
Vga850.fon
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, rename the Vgasys.fon, Vgaoem.fon, and Vga850.fon
files (if they exists) in the Windows\Fonts folder, and then extract new
copies of the Vgasys.fon, Vgaoem.fon, and Vga850.fon files from your
original Windows 98 CD-ROM to the Windows\Fonts folder.
For information about how to rename a file, click Start, click Help,
click the Index tab, type
renaming, and
then double-click the "Renaming files" topic.
For information about how to extract a file, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 129605
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
Additional query words: 98 hangs plus98
Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB188094