To Mike, read this article from Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q174/0/18.asp
sounds like an issue related to plug and play devices.
Good luck,
Ken Cornell
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> When I start my machine I get the following error:
>
> While initializing device configmg: Windows Protection error. You need to
> restart your computer.
>
> Can someone put light on this error.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael J. Murray
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