Event Error: service control manager Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:10 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by occam (13 messages posted) I'm running Win XP Pro (SP3) While I was browsing the Event viewer, and I noticed that as of couple of weeks ago (26/02/2010) my system event is logging the following error(s) ----- Error: service control manager Event: 7026 When I look under 'properties' , I get this extensive list of failed-to-load drivers (all from C:/Windows/system32/drivers) ---- The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: abp480n5 adpu160m agp440 agpCPQ Aha154x aic78u2 aic78xx AliIde alim1541 amdagp .... --- The error has started on 26/01/2010. Unfortunately the earliest 'Restore Point' I have is 27/01/2010. How can I remedy this situation? Thanks for any pointers Responses to this message: re: Event Error: service control manager (Bevan Miller: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:09 pm) re: Event Error: service control manager (MartinM: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 1:34 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Event Error: service control manager (occam: Tue, Feb 9, 2010, 8:10 am) re: Event Error: service control manager (Bevan Miller: Tue, Feb 9, 2010, 10:09 pm) re: Event Error: service control manager (occam: Wed, Feb 10, 2010, 12:06 am) re: Event Error: service control manager (MartinM: Wed, Feb 10, 2010, 1:34 am) re: Event Error: service control manager (occam: Wed, Feb 10, 2010, 1:45 am) re: Event Error: service control manager (MartinM: Wed, Feb 10, 2010, 2:21 am) re: Event Error: service control manager (occam: Wed, Feb 10, 2010, 2:33 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum