Whenever I start my computer the Windows 98 screen shows up then it goes black and says "Windows Protection Error: Please press any key to restart" I press any key and that crappy looking orange lettering from Windows 95 comes up: "It is now safe to restart your computer"

Well I restart my computer and tusn out its not safe. I get the message saying Windows was shut down right and I can choose if I want to start in Safe Mode. I can get into safe mode all right but if I start in normal mode I get the same "Protection Error" message.

I have Windows 98 SE
HP Pavilion
191 MB RAM
GeForce 2 MX 32MB
How long have you been running 98se?
Did you reload or re-install the OS recently?
Do you have virus protection?
Do you still have the 98se OEM disk?
What was the last task you were doing before this happened?I've been using 98 for about 4 years now.
I haven't re-installed it recently
I haven't been using my anti-virus program for about a month now.
I don't have the Win98 disk but I do have my HP Recovery program disk.
And I don't REMEMBER the last thing I was doing before it happen.If you can get into safe mode without GETTING the error, Your registry might be corrupted. Boot to the DOS prompt and restore the registry from a previous cab file.Can you GIVE me step by step instructions on how to do that?go back to the safe mode options and start pc with the msdos prompt c:\....after this command type scanregI had this very same problem. Start up in MS-DOS mode (choose command prompt from the options). Type scanreg /restore. Choose a backup from a date when the computer worked correctly. It should RESET your system files to WORKING ones. Hope this helps.