I am trying to set up windows 98 on a machine and get an
error: "While initializing device NDIS" Windows
protection error restart computer.
I looked at windows support site and it tells me that
when installing windows 98 on a machiine with a CPU
faster than 2.1 I will get this error..

SYMPTOMS
When you are installing Windows 95 or Windows 98 on a
computer that has a CPU that runs at 2.2 gigahertz (GHz)
or faster, you may receive the following error message:

While initializing device NDIS: Windows protection error

CAUSE
The timing calibration code in the Network Driver
Interface Specification (NDIS) driver causes a divide by
zero if the CPU runs at 2.2 GHz or faster. This problem
does not occur with CPUs that run at 2.1 GHz or slower.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product
Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list
of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and
information about support costs, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:

The English version of this fix should have the following
file attributes or later:    Date         Time  
Version      Size     File name
  ---------------------------------------------------
  28-Nov-2001  11:05  4.10.0.2000  157,909  Ndis.vxd

Is this driver or file available somewhere? I am not
going to call Microsoft and pay for support for something
they should have fixed long ago.

Any help please?