Windows 10: I can't install Legacy Drivers for PACE iLok without Windows 10 Crashing

Hi all,

I've recently upgraded to Windows 10 from my Windows 7 machine and I've run into a major issue when I tried to install Pro Tools 10 onto Windows 10. Pro Tools works hand in hand with PACE's iLok, which holds the licenses for most of the plugins I need to use in Pro Tools, but it seems that I have to install a legacy driver for my iLok in order for Pro Tools to successfully read those plugins.

With that Legacy Driver is a very important file calledTPkd.sys, and is annoyingly the reason I can't use my plugins anymore. Windows 10 sees thisTPkd.sys file as a threat and immediately Blue Screens on me if I try rebooting my system after I've installed the Legacy Drivers.

Is there any way to combat this? I need that TPkd.sys file to read the licenses off of my iLok, but Windows 10 is having none of it. Please let me know if there's a way that I can let Windows 10 bypass this file and not see it as a threat. Or if there's an alternative solution.

Thank you.

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iLok PACE error installing (cannot find _installer.msi), tpkd.sys incompatible

i had an old iLok installation and after windows update it's all stopped to work.

it was a v3.1.7.1901 of 2017 well first you can disable loading driver tpkd.sys in registry or move it from system32/drivers

in windows/installer folderi had 3d21e.msi 451f672.msi, but you can just check the date of installation of PACE

(if you can, because windows will erase it, so check the iLok folder date)

you can try to uninstall with right click on .msi file, but it didn't anything for me and i had errors with install

so then i opened regedit (try O&O regedit - it's free) and search for words "iLok" and "PACE"

you will find some - right click in the left part and export full "folder" of that string, then clear or delete it, go for next

when you clean all (i had 3-4), you will be able to install new v5 or whatever it will be.

if you will have old installation - you can get an error after rebooting tpkd.sys incompatible blue screen

boot from any windows installation media, goto cmd

open regedit and load hive /system32/config/SYSTEM get to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tpkd

set start=4

or you can get autoruns by sysinternals and boot windows from some windows.live.boot DVD, or previous version backup,

i had an old version, so i booted into it or just get hd to another comp, then run autoruns with admin rights and you'll get "load Offline"so when youload it, go to drivers and find tpkd.sys to disable. go back to normal boot.

you can revert many boot errors this way.

 

Error 1935 and 1603 When installing Ilok License Support Tool





Here's a list of the services I get, I can't find anything to do with PACE or iLok. I have tried everything I can think of, every suggestion and video relating to this issue I can find on YouTube and google searches. Please has anybody got to this stage
before?

 

Windows 7 wont install drivers

i dont think anyone here understands what your asking either when its nearly a 90% english dominated Tech forum.
Step 1
reinstall windows from scratch
Step 2
install all drivers from the cd that came with the god damn motherboard *common sense*
Step 3
update windows
Step 4
install misc etc crap like flash java etc etc
Step 5
Install GPU drivers
Step 6
go back to using your pc without issue.