error on windows startup

[tullnut]

i just started getting a error message on startup on xp. it says rundll error
windows system32/pupw.sys driver not found.. my system seems to be running ok but cannot figure out how to get rid of this error.
i did a google search on pupw.sys and it comes up with a language i cannot understand.. how do i fix this...


thanks

 

[tullnut]

sorry i did not write the above post correctly..

the exact error is rundll error
error loading c:\windows\system32\drivers\pupw.sys
the specified module could not be found.


thanks

 

[AWS]

Open regedit and search for pup.sys. When you find the key that references it delete it. Restart and the error should be gone.

 

[tullnut]

thank you so much bob. that worked great...

question would that error keep me from doing a system restore.

i tried several times to do a system restore but it said it could not be restored to an early time...


thanks again