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win2k error in system log...

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holycow

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hi,

i checked my system log today and found that i got an error like this
"<FONT size=1>The PfModNT service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified."
</FONT>does anyone know what does pfmodnt do?

i checked the device manager, using the "view hidden devices", and saw this message "This device is not present, is not working properly, or does not have all its drivers installed. (Code 24)"

does anyone know how to fix this?
 
I really don't know what pfmodnt would happen to be. You might check to see what date / time this error started showing up and ask yourself if you uninstalled something just beforehand. I would guess that there's a leftover registry entry to crank up a service that has been removed from the system. But it's also possible that something happened to farkle a current installation of something that's actually supposed to be on there and running.

I assume you already searched for the file. (Note: You'd have to be logged in as an admin and tell Windows Explorer not to hide system files and to not hide critical operating system files in order to be able to find it.) I figure that, if Win2K can't find it at startup time, it probably isn't on your system at all, but it's possible that it's been "misplaced" somewhere.

Anyhow, if the system is otherwise behaving okay, to get rid of the error messages you could go into Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services to set this pftmodnt service to disabled. While you're at it, there may be some information in the service's properties dialog that will tell you what it is and what it's supposed to do. Another way of getting rid of the message would be to edit your registry at the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services location to remove the pfmodnt key. But I think it's probably better, usually, to go through the admin tools. Besides, the admin tools may give you some info about this service that you won't find in the registry.

Hope you get it sorted out!

Regards,
Jim
 
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