PDIHWCTL service could not start

Whenever I boot my Dell M6400 laptop I get the error below in the system event viewer.

I am running Vista x 64 professional

It also happens on a different desktop computer Dell 690 running Vista X 64 final.

I asked Dell technical support but they don't know.

My computer seems to be working fine, but I would like to understand the implications of this error and corrected if necessary:

Log name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 2009-03-21 11:00:17
Event ID: 7000
Task category: no
Level: error
Keywords: Classic
User: n/a
Computer: LAPTOPD
Description:
The PDIHWCTL service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the specified file.
The event XML:
http://schemas.Microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
 
   
    7000
    0
    2
    0
    0
    0 x 80000000000000
   
    40047
   
   
    System
    LAPTOPD
   
 

 
    PDIHWCTL
    %%d Ko
 

The event long online help directs me to

http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756344.aspx

but he does not bring a more light, the error is due to the missing PDIHWCTL file.

I Googled it, not much info.

Thank you

Antonio

Thanks for the update thread. I don't think that you need to reinstall the operating system; just some programs you installed later and test after each uninstall. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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