Blue screen

An antivirus program may be causing this. Place "REM" in line in the autoexec.bat that starts vshield.exe (if you are using McAFee) or if you use Norton then "REM" out that line that.

You can also try hitting the "F8" key on a reboot when you see "Starting Windows 98" and choose "step by step". When it asks to load these programs just say NO. If the problem goes away after you do not load the device or program then you can "REM" out the statement.

Well you did'nt say what if any program you were using when this happens, I would try different RAM to see if that helps, also make sure that your CPU fan is not clogged with dust, this goes for the power supply as well, poor cooling can cause some hooky thermal problems. Hope this helps your blue screen of death.

Two possible causes Blue Screen Exception 06 is usually caused by overheating check your CPU fan first then make sure nothing is obstruvcting the airflow around the Chipset & Memory. Also check that your BIOS code is compatible with your video card.There is a know problem with some AWARD bios code and NVidia TNT AGP cards check your manufacturers web sites for the details

thanks to you all for giving me some feedback. Now my installation of win98 goes further but half way through installation it tells me it couldn't copy my *.CAB files.
This is really frustrating cos everything else seems to be working nicely. It's always something coming up.
thanks