Compaq Armada 1700 Win 98 issues

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I receive this error everytime I reboot:

RED and blue SCREEN in a DOS environment

NAV Auto-Protect

"Unable to initilize the virus scanning engine database files."

OK

And when Windows boots I get the following message

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 017f:bffc06af.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=bffc06af EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000007 SS=0187 ESP=0059d590 EBP=0059d59c
ECX=00000007 DS=0187 ESI=eb8da441 FS=24d7
EDX=bffc9b24 ES=0187 EDI=0059d762 GS=37ae
Bytes at CS:EIP:
f3 a6 8a 46 ff 33 c9 3a 47 ff 77 04 74 04 49 49
Stack dump:
0059d727 eb8da440 00000000 0059d5d0 bff9716f 0059d762 eb8da441 00000007
0059d768 00590281 0059d761 0059d762 50555445 00000000 bffc9b24 534c4f42

I cannot run any programs without booting into Safe Mode.

I have done the following all of which have failed me.

1) Restored the registry to an earlier date prior to the problems (This was
done by Windows automaticially after my PC started having the problems).
2) Reinstalled Windows98
3) Added this line to config.sys--device=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEMN
4) Renamed all .pwl files to .old extensions
5) Performed the following DOS commands from within the \windows folder in a
pure DOS boot
smartdrv
deltree history

All of which have failed me.

However I am using the msconfig.exe application and trying to get to the root
of this...

Any tips?