Netman won't start

[tysonkam]

I have a problem.

A virus or something seems to have screwed me up. My network connections folder takes about 60 sec to open, and when it does nothing is in it. I have tracked it down to the netman service not being able to start doe to Error 2: Missing file...

Anybody know how to fix it?

Thanks,

TysonKam

[Reverend]

Try running sfc /scannow from Start > Run to replace any corrupt or missing files.
(leave a space between sfc and / ) . Have your XP CD handy

[tysonkam]

Thanks Reverend,

But that didn't seem to do anything for my problem for some reason. Is there any way I can find out the specific files netman relies on, and copy them from another machine?

Thanks again,

TysonKam

[Reverend]

Can you post the exact error message you receive. (including any error codes,etc).

[tysonkam]

No prob. After attempting to start netman, this is what I see in an error box:

"Could not start Network Connections service on Local Computer.
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

My only option presented is to hit "OK"

Thanks again for the help.

-TysonKam

[Reverend]

I presume you have installed XP SP1. If not,you can download it here (http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/4/f/54f8bcf8-bb4d-4613-8ee7-db69d01735ed/xpsp1a_en_x86.exe)

[tysonkam]

Thanks Reverend,

I actually just compared registries with my other machine looking for all instances of "netman". After an exhaustive search, I found this value to be missing in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Netman\Parameters

ServiceDll REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\System32\netman.dll


I created the entry and now it works fine!

I have no idea on causality, other than I did have a virus a few months ago, fixed it, and haven't looked at my network connections since.

Thanks Again,

TysonKam

[Reverend]

Glad you got it fixed. :thumbup: