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Server or Driver failed during sys start

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by robert.walsh

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On Win NT client, I get this message as a warning, and would like to not get it anymore. What should I do next???
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Startup Msg: From Service Control Manager
...Service or Driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer for event log.
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background: I know by replacing the sound card that the prior driver is causing this to happen since it occurred right after this.
Here is the error in the Event Viewer------------------------------------------------->The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
sndsys

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by mbloescher

It could be a million things. Look in the event viewer and it should have an event ID. You can look at MS's knowledge base and search on the event id. It should give you a resolution. You can look under Administrative tools in the control panel,go to Computer Management, and look under Hardware Resources>Conflicts/Sharing and see if there are any conflicts. Check Device manager as well and make sure there aren't any showing up there. I'd need some more info before I could pin it down any further, but that's a start. If you can post any more details we might be able to get farther.

by robert.walsh

On win NT, I don't see Admin tools, under Settings|Control Panel, nor Computer Management. Not sure of doing what you said if not logged on as an administrator. Anything else I can share?

by robert.walsh

Is there further information related to this somewhere? I found two possibly related files:
C\winnt\system32\drivers\sndsys.sys
C\winnt\sndsys32.dll

Registry entry at:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SNDSYS\0000

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