Puzzle: Conflict between floppy drive / windows XP

[nicebear]

Hello all you Windows doctors. [message en français plus loin]

(Windows XP running on pentium 4)
Here are my symptoms.
(please note that my problem does not involve changing RAM or modifying virtual memory, that is why it is a puzzle. My music programs which demand a great deal of ressources work fine.)
Windows freezes on the welcome screen with a single beep from the
motherboard.
My computer automatically turns itself on again after being turned off.
In control panel, system, there is a problem with the floppy disk drive.
Occasionally I have a message at startup saying there is not enough memory
free. (I have let windows control that automatically though.)
Last time this happened (last time I installed windows on this machine in
fact...) I managed to find an obscure forum posting that solved the problem,
but I can't remember what the solution was. It involved going into the
registry and modifying a single entry concerning the floppy disk drive,
something like changing a zero to a one, and afterwards the problem
completely disappeared.
So my question to you, you wonderful windows puzzle-solvers, should you
choose to accept the chellenge.... What is that single entry that I need to
modify in the registry in order to resolve this conflict?
Thanks for the help

 

[ski]

We need to know what's causing the problem.

Right click 'My Computer', click Properties, select the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the 'Startup and Recovery' section, and remove the checkmark from 'Automatically Restart' in 'System Failure' section, and post back with the error message

 

[nicebear]

Cayééééé
yeeeeeeeeeeeees j'ai trouvé!!!!!
trop jouissif, c mieux qu'un bon rumsteak saignant.

En fait, windows installe d'office un truc d'anti piratage qui s'appelle Tpkd.sys qui partage le même irq (6) que le lecteur de disquette.

j'ai réinstallé les drivers de tpkd.sys, et ça marche comme sur des roulettes.

trop de la balle.
mais merci bcp de l'attention que vous avez porté à mon message.
bonne continuation

 

[Freestone]

I believe nicebear is referring to:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314101

 

[nicebear]

oh, goodness gracious me, I was so happy I forgot to speak English...
a thousand apologies.
But yes, I was refering to the pace anti-piracy software that installs itself in XP, using the same irq as the floppy drive... (6)
and what happens is that windows decides that it is a memory problem and asks you to increase the virtual memory.
I was indeed referring to

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314101

thank you