[Winpcap-users] Cannot get npf to start

[Loris Degioanni]

Mike,
when you say "unistalled", do you mean "reinstalled"? Otherwise, if you 
removed winpcap, it's pretty normal that the service doesn't start any more.

Loris


Mike Sutliff wrote:
> Running XP SP2 with no MS firewall. I have lightly perused the
> wincap-users archives and didn't find anything about this type of
> error. Ethereal was running
> at one time on my machine. I uninstalled other sniffers and network monitors.
> I have uninstalled Ethereal and Winpcap. Cannot do a 'net start' for npf or
> manually run npf_mgm to get it to start. Error indicates that it cannot find the
> file. The system log shows an event ID: 7000 Service Control Manager error -
> 'The NetGroup Packet Filter Driver service failed to start due to the following
> error: The system cannot find the file specified'. I've tried turning off my
> anti-virus and anti-spyware software. I've also removed other 'protocols' from
> my network configuration setup. Any clues?
> 
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