How to end a service? (Event ID 7000)

31 Oct 2007 3:03 PM

Blithe

Re: W2K (SP4) - It's a minor nuisance but I have tried to address the
constant warning below by every Internet suggestion I've found, deleting all
references to Symantec's 'ghost' in folders, files, and register. How to
kill a ghost?

There must be a way to stifle this particular service. Please advise.

Blithe

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 10/31/2007
Time: 9:01:55 AM
User: N/A
Computer: ABS
Description:
The GhostStartService service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

31 Oct 2007 3:08 PM

Pegasus (MVP)

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"Blithe" <inva***@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Re: W2K (SP4) - It's a minor nuisance but I have tried to address the
> constant warning below by every Internet suggestion I've found, deleting
> all
> references to Symantec's 'ghost' in folders, files, and register. How to
> kill a ghost?
>
> There must be a way to stifle this particular service. Please advise.
>
> Blithe
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Service Control Manager
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 7000
> Date: 10/31/2007
> Time: 9:01:55 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: ABS
> Description:
> The GhostStartService service failed to start due to the following error:
> The system cannot find the path specified.
>
>

Run the command "services.msc" via the Run box, then disable
the GhostStart Service.

I vaguely recall that Symantec offer a sledge-hammer facility on
their site that removes most if not all Symantec applications.

31 Oct 2007 3:35 PM

Blithe

Thanks! Actually, I thought early on that I had followed your suggestion
without having found the service to disable. I must be getting too old for
this. Thanks again.

Blithe

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"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> wrote in message
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> Run the command "services.msc" via the Run box, then disable
> the GhostStart Service.
>
> I vaguely recall that Symantec offer a sledge-hammer facility on
> their site that removes most if not all Symantec applications.
>
>