Hi everyone,
New to the forums here. I had the Anniversary Edition installed on a Windows XP Pro, sp3 machine. After uninstalling Ad-Aware, there is an event in Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 7/7/2010
Time: 8:01:14 AM
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXXXX
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
Lbd
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After running a search for this file, I found that "Lbd" is Lbd.sys, which is a service/system file that is installed by Ad-Aware and loads at system startup (Ad-Aware mini-filter driver). The file still exists on the system and is stored here:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRVSTORE\lbd_1D149FE61E2CD0936E43877117FE3EF0674B9944
There are also multiple registry keys for this file referencing it as the system service that normally runs while it's installed.
Normally, this would be an error that I generally ignore if not causing any problems - Windows is horrible with keeping old settings and files around long after they're gone. However, I'm getting a blue screen STOP error that references an issue with: a) faulty device driver b ) faulty hardware OR c) system service
Lbd.sys falls under the category of "system service" and it is the only driver that is logging errors elsewhere in the system. I am troubleshooting the STOP (blue screen of death) problem and want to remove "Lbd.sys" and all of it's references from the system.
Is there a way to do this easily? Would re-installing Ad-Aware and uninstalling it again possibly get rid of those entries? I don't want to have to delete all the registry keys manually and possibly cause more damage to the system. Any help would be appreciated.
(before you ask - Yes, the system is free of malware and viruses, Yes it is completely updated with all patches, Yes all device drivers are up to date)
Thanks!