Please help

i cant even get to my desktop. Have the following message.

While initializing device VKD.
Windows protection error.
You need to restart your computer.

i just keep going round in circles with this. Cant format need the info on the hard drive.

Have tried to boot up using boot disk, have checked for viruses, and also tried to reinstall windows, but Percy's havin none of it.

Any suggestions....please

Ally :-)

With the computer turned off, disconnect and then reconnect the keyboard.

If that does not work try using another keyboard to determine if your keyboard is malfunctioning. If it is, replace the keyboard

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Death has come to our windows.

-- Jeremiah 9:21
(undoubtedly a Biblical reference to a Microsoft product!)

YODA74@carolina.rr.com

Did you install or change any settings that either didn't complete, or were corrupted?
Have you tried "safe mode"? F8 on startup.
What happened with boot disk??

If you have WinME, can you boot to a c:\ you could try a:-
"scanreg \restore" to restore back to a stable backup.

give us some background before this happened

Try here [url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q149962[/url]

what if another hard drive works ok without disconnecting the keyboard?

Originally posted by YODA74:
With the computer turned off, disconnect and then reconnect the keyboard.

If that does not work try using another keyboard to determine if your keyboard is malfunctioning. If it is, replace the keyboard

sorry about the dogy URl, new here getting used to the board.

Good luck




[This message has been edited by Dazman (edited 03-18-2002).]

Let's see if this is right here you are saying VKD not VXDwhich are two different things here? "VKD" is a key board error "VxD" is a virtual device driver which one is it you are getting?

------------------
Death has come to our windows.

-- Jeremiah 9:21
(undoubtedly a Biblical reference to a Microsoft product!)

YODA74@carolina.rr.com

yes its definately a VKD error, but with a different hard drive i dont get an error at all.

Originally posted by YODA74:
Let's see if this is right here you are saying VKD not VXDwhich are two different things here? "VKD" is a key board error "VxD" is a virtual device driver which one is it you are getting?

all i did was to put another hard drive into my machine, and when i put my previous hard drive back in the error started.

Have tried safe mode, and the same error occurs.

boot disk, with help from Win 98 disk gets through scan disk and all i get then is a coloured background with an eggtimer thats stays there.


Originally posted by Dazman:
Did you install or change any settings that either didn't complete, or were corrupted?
Have you tried "safe mode"? F8 on startup.
What happened with boot disk??

If you have WinME, can you boot to a c:\ you could try a:-
"scanreg \restore" to restore back to a stable backup.

give us some background before this happened

Try here [url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q149962[/url]