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Getting Blue Screen with SMEFS.SYS Error

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by pcammuso

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Getting blue screen on boot up on a Win 2k machine. Boots into safe mode with no problems.
The blue screen indicates smefs.sys error. I tried to remove the last install which was IE 6.0 SP1 out of windows componens. Please advise?

Thanks.

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by joseph moore

I found 1 reference to this file in a newsgroup posting. The solution, though, was posted in German, but it talked about the "CCC CLient" and a Service for it that ran.
Now, I don't know what the "CCC Client" is, but at least that is something. Basically, boot into Safe Mode, find the Service for this application, and set the Service to Disable.
Then boot normally, and hopefully Win2K will come up and stay up. You can then see if this application (CCC Client) is needed, and if so, look for a patch or fix it, etc.

To read the discussion thread, and see the answer in German, go here:

http://tinyurl.com/slu5

hope this helps

by curacao_dejavu

weird, there are no message on google or the knowledge base of microsoft regarding that file.

whats the exact error of the blue screen ?
remove unnessary programs , and check the device manager after a boot in safe mode.
vga, or hd.

try to reinstall sp4 from safe mode.

Success

Leopold

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