Error Message: While Initializing device VKD: Windows protection error. Please restart your computer. I received this message at home on Sunday August 13th, 2000 and had a hard time figuring out what was wrong. I tried several trouble shooting techniques such as: 1. Restarting in safe mode: The computer gave the same message 2. Reinstalling windows: Same message on reboot after reinstall 3. Step by step confirmation: Windows failed to boot though I eliminated config.sys and the autoexe.bat 4. Removing the keyboard: Windows would not start without a key board 5. Restoring the registry from a previous good boot: Registry checker failed to initialize check as well Finally I decided to try to scan the hard disk to find any potential problems. Reboot the computer and press F8 or hold the control key before windows begin to load to get into the safe mode options. Select option: Safe mode at command prompt At the command prompt type: scandisk /all or scandisk /all /surface The scan disk should begin running. If scan disk detects a disk error select the option to fix it. (In my experience I had a bad file that was damaged due to constant restarts without running scan disk) Follw the instructions and restart the computer. You should be able to load normally. Run scan disk again. The problem occurs when windows is not shutdown "gracefully" and scandisk is not run upon restart. You can create a script file in a text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad and type: c:\windows\scandskw.exe c: /n where switch n means scan disk will start and quit automatically upon a power failure. Rename the wordpad (notepad) document from a .txt to a .scp file. To test, simply power off your computer wait 15 seconds and power on. Scandisk sould start automatically checking the c drive (or whatever drive windows is loaded on usually c). The word pad document will also open. Simply exit. I have not figured how to make it close automatically. Good Luck to all. Andre White Information Systems Manager SBCA

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When I start my machine for the first time in the morning I get the following error message. "While Initializing device VKD. Windows Protection error. You need to restart your computer. But when I switch the pc off and turn it on it runs noramally. Can anyone help me to solve this problem? Kindly e-mail Thanks

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response no 7 ... thanks for your invaluable solution .. i have got this problem on my computer and are able to solve it using your method .. thanks again for sharing

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Hello, I encountered the same error. The first step would be to go buy a new keyboard (or try a different one). If that doesn't work then you may need to take a more drastic measure.

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