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.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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?

<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]

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]

<Bill.Canfield******.com> wrote

> Thanks for the help.

You're welcome.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Thanks for the help. I tried googling it without the quotes and wasn't
nearly as successful as you were. The quotes made all the difference.
So far, everything seems alright. Thanks for you help.

> <snip>
>
> Seems to be associated with malware. See this Google search.
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...mon+Service%22

<Bill.Canfield******.com> wrote

> Thanks for the help. I tried googling it without the quotes and wasn't
> nearly as successful as you were. The quotes made all the difference.
> So far, everything seems alright. Thanks for you help.

You're welcome.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]