01-19-2007, 10:30 PM
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| Re: Could somebody please explain to me what the following error in event viewer means? Event ID 7000, The Active Common Service service failed to start due to the following error:
Thanks for the help.
Rock wrote:
> <Bill.Canfield******.com> wrote
>
> > My computer has been freezing a lot lately. At first I thought it my
> > cordless
> > Logitech mouse that I just got, so I uninstalled the drivers and
> > restarted the computer. The problem persists; probably not the mouse
> > drivers after all.
> >
> > So I tried to track it down by using the event viewer.
> >
> > In the even viewer, under system, I noticed a reoccurring error listed
> > every time my computer froze. I thought to myself that this has to be
> > the culprit... the only problem is that I have absolutely no idea what
> > the description means.
> >
> > The information is as follows:
> >
> > Date: 1/19/2007 Source: Service Control Manager
> > Time: 10:41:36 PM Category: None
> > Type: Error Event ID: 7000
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: blah,blah,blah
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > The Active Common Service service failed to start due to the following
> > error:
> > The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> <snip>
>
> > The problem is I don't know what "The Active Common Service service"
> > (yes, it really does say "service" twice) is. Can anybody out there
> > shine some light on this problem?
>
> Seems to be associated with malware. See this Google search.
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...mon+Service%22
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]  |