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Windows Protection Error

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Windows Protection Error

While Initialising device NTKERN

yeah well ive been getting this error i think its a driver problem but im not sure, i usually eventually manage to boot by wondering through step by step and safe mode a bit.

Compaq Evo D510 CMT

P4 2Ghz

256MB RAM

Intel 845G Chipset

USB2 Controller Intel 82801DB ICH4 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [A-1]

Intel® PRO/100 VM Network Connection

is this occuring with clean installation? no updates? check bios. disable acpi if possible, disable "PNP os installed" if present during installation. that setting will prevent of installing any driver for devices on PCI bus. That will lower the probability of such errors.

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oops i forgot to mention stuff like updates

umm

win98se

usp3a2

ie6

rp7.11

i have all sorts of other problems that i didnt have in my last installation like vb6 doesnt work some exes dont work so i probably need to reinstall windows some time, probably when rp8 comes out

Windows Protection Error

While Initialising device NTKERN

This may be a symptom of bad caps!

Please check this Web site: http://badcaps.net

Edited by RJARRRPCGP

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couldnt see any when i got it and when i looked couldnt see any bad caps, also the person i got it off said hed done lots of work with bad caps when i asked about them when i got a different board from him. i actually think it is a software problem, because i have xp on another partition and it works fine

try to reinstall system. reboot after each driver install and after each installation of any application or upgrade. than you shall find your problem.

but before it send here bootlog.

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Heres bootlog.txt, anyway sorry that its soo long couldnt see a way to attatch

[000A9B65] Loading Device = C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
(Logo disabled)
[000A9B65] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
[000A9B65] Loading Device = C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
[000A9B65] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
[000A9B65] Loading Device = C:\WINDOWS\DBLBUFF.SYS
[000A9B66] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\DBLBUFF.SYS
[000A9B65] Loading Device = C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
[000A9B65] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
[000A9B66] C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY.COM[000A9B65] starting
[000A9B78] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VMM.VXD
[000A9B77] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VMM.VXD
[000A9B77] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
[000A9B77] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
[000A9B78] Loading Vxd = vnetsup.vxd
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = vnetsup.vxd
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = ndis.vxd
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = ndis.vxd
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = ndis2sup.vxd
[000A9B8A] LoadFailed = ndis2sup.vxd
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\CONFIGMG.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\CONFIGMG.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\NTKERN.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\NTKERN.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VWIN32
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VWIN32
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VFBACKUP
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VFBACKUP
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VCOMM.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VCOMM.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = COMBUFF
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = COMBUFF
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\IFSMGR.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\IFSMGR.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\IOS.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\IOS.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = mtrr
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = mtrr
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = SPOOLER
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = SPOOLER
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\UDF.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\UDF.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VFAT.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VFAT.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VCACHE
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VCACHE
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VCOND
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VCOND
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VCDFSD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VCDFSD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VXDLDR
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VXDLDR
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VDEF
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VDEF
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VPICD.VXD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VPICD.VXD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VTD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VTD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = REBOOT
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = REBOOT
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VDMAD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VDMAD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = VSD
[000A9B8A] LoadSuccess = VSD
[000A9B8A] Loading Vxd = V86MMGR
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = V86MMGR
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = PAGESWAP
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = PAGESWAP
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = DOSMGR
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = DOSMGR
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = VMPOLL
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = VMPOLL
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = SHELL
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = SHELL
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = PARITY
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = PARITY
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = BIOSXLAT
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = BIOSXLAT
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VMCPD.VXD
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\VMCPD.VXD
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = VTDAPI
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = VTDAPI
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = PERF
[000A9B8B] LoadSuccess = PERF
[000A9B8B] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vrtwd.386
[000A9B8C] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vrtwd.386
[000A9B8C] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vfixd.vxd
[000A9B8C] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vfixd.vxd
[000A9B8C] Loading Vxd = vredir.vxd
[000A9B8C] LoadSuccess = vredir.vxd
[000A9B8C] Loading Vxd = dfs.vxd
[000A9B8D] LoadSuccess = dfs.vxd
[000A9B8D] Loading Vxd = vnetbios.vxd
[000A9B8D] LoadSuccess = vnetbios.vxd
[000A9B8D] Loading Vxd = ASPIENUM.VXD
[000A9B8E] LoadSuccess = ASPIENUM.VXD
[000A9B8E] Loading Vxd = nwlink.vxd
[000A9B8E] LoadSuccess = nwlink.vxd
[000A9B8E] Loading Vxd = vserver.vxd
[000A9B8E] Skipped (not needed) = vserver.vxd
[000A9B8F] Loading Vxd = VGARTD.VXD
[000A9B8F] LoadSuccess = VGARTD.VXD
[000A9B8F] Loading Vxd = USIUDF.VXD
[000A9B90] LoadSuccess = USIUDF.VXD
[000A9B91] Loading Vxd = C:\PROGRA~1\ESET\AMON.VXD
[000A9B91] LoadSuccess = C:\PROGRA~1\ESET\AMON.VXD
[000A9B91] Loading Vxd = ebios
[000A9B91] LoadSuccess = ebios
[000A9B91] Loading Vxd = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\vmouse.VXD
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = C:\WINDOWS\system\VMM32\vmouse.VXD
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = msmouse.vxd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = msmouse.vxd
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = dynapage
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = dynapage
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = vcd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = vcd
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = vpd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = vpd
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = int13
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = int13
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = vkd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = vkd
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = vdd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = vdd
[000A9B92] Loading Vxd = vflatd
[000A9B92] LoadSuccess = vflatd
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VMM
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VMM
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = MTRR
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = MTRR
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VCACHE
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VCACHE
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = DFS
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = DFS
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VGARTD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VGARTD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = PERF
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = PERF
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VFIXD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VFIXD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VPICD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VPICD
[000A9B93] SYSCRITINIT = VrtwD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VrtwD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VTD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VTD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VWIN32
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VWIN32
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VXDLDR
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VXDLDR
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = NTKERN
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = NTKERN
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = CONFIGMG
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = CONFIGMG
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = ASPIENUM
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = ASPIENUM
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VCDFSD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = IOS
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = IOS
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = PAGEFILE
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = PAGEFILE
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = PAGESWAP
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = PAGESWAP
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = PARITY
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = PARITY
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = REBOOT
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = REBOOT
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = EBIOS
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = EBIOS
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VDD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VDD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VSD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VSD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = COMBUFF
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = COMBUFF
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VCD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VCD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VMOUSE
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VMOUSE
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = MSMINI
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = MSMINI
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VKD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VKD
[000A9B94] SYSCRITINIT = VPD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VPD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = INT13
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = INT13
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = VMCPD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VMCPD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = BIOSXLAT
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = BIOSXLAT
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = SDVXD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = SDVXD
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = VNETBIOS
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VNETBIOS
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = NDIS
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = NDIS
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = NWLINK
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = NWLINK
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = DOSMGR
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = DOSMGR
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = VMPOLL
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VMPOLL
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINIT = VCOMM
[000A9B95] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VCOMM
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = VCOND
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VCOND
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = VTDAPI
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VTDAPI
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = AMON
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = AMON
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = VFLATD
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VFLATD
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = VDMAD
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VDMAD
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = V86MMGR
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = V86MMGR
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = SPOOLER
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = SPOOLER
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = UDF
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = UDF
[000A9B96] SYSCRITINIT = VFAT
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VFAT
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = VDEF
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VDEF
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = USIUDF
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = USIUDF
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = IFSMGR
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = IFSMGR
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = VNETSUP
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VNETSUP
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = VREDIR
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VREDIR
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = VFBACKUP
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = VFBACKUP
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINIT = SHELL
[000A9B97] SYSCRITINITSUCCESS = SHELL
[000A9B97] DEVICEINIT = VMM
[000A9B98] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VMM
[000A9B98] DEVICEINIT = MTRR
[000A9B98] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = MTRR
[000A9B98] DEVICEINIT = VCACHE
[000A9B98] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCACHE
[000A9B98] DEVICEINIT = DFS
[000A9B98] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = DFS
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VGARTD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VGARTD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = PERF
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = PERF
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VFIXD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VFIXD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VPICD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VPICD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VrtwD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VrtwD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VTD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VTD
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VWIN32
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VWIN32
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = VXDLDR
[000A9B99] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VXDLDR
[000A9B99] DEVICEINIT = NTKERN

In my experience NTKERN errors are usually driver related especially if there has been a hardware change.Many drivers are loaded even though the hardware is no longer present.

My solution is to enter in SAFE MODE and go to Device Manager. Even on a system that is working OK you will often find it lists hardware you no longer have. Remove all these ghost driver as a minimum. I remove all drivers except

K/B, mouse and display and let Windoze do its thing on reboot. OS usually boots quicker and is more stable afterwards.

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