Windows Errors on reboot - Extend WG Protocol Driver, also Event 2510 on Server service
I have Windows Server 2003 systems with SEP MR4 installed – only antivirus/antispyware, no other components. On at least two of these servers, upon reboot, I get the following errors:
Event ID: 2510, Source: Server – “The server service was unable to map error code 998”
I get about 5 of these in the first couple minutes.
Event ID: 7000, Source: Service Control Manager - “The Extend WG Protocol Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.”
A search of web shows that other users with SEP are getting these errors, but there aren't any solutions. These issues have been out for the better part of a year, too.
If reverting back to SAVCE wouldn’t cause a major upset in my life, I’d probably do it. SEP has been the worst IT upgrade I’ve ever been involved with. And I am NOT a Symantec basher - I’ve been using Symantec products for over a decade. I just can’t believe how many problems this system has that are still not fixed. OK, rant over. How about some solutions. Symantec? Anyone?
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Hi,
you have to copy manually the wgx.sy driver from the SEP program dir to
\windows\system32\drivers.
This is a bug of the SEP installation as the WGX service searches this driver there :-(
Tramp,
I have a WGX.SYS file in my System32\Drivers folder. Is this the file you're referring to? It's already there, so I'm not sure what the issue is.
I can't find any more info out on this issue. I have the latest & greates SEP 11.0.4010.19 MR4 MP1 and I'm still getting this error. I have the WGX.sys in both the SEP folder & the System32\Drivers folder. Why won't someone from Symantec address this problem?? I would like to take the entry out of the server registry, but I don't have a test environment to try it out on.
Server = Windows Server 2003 (fully patched & updated)
Anyone??
"Here is the information to remove the WGX driver; I'm not sure how that driver has been enabled in these systems, but it is only installed after the snac.xml (which is not in the directory any more) is dropped into the licenses directory or the full SNAC product installation. It is possibly just left over and hasn't produced errors until recently.
<name withheld>"
I went one step further, because I'm greatly annoyed at the fact that the above "solution" doesn't stop the System Event Logs from being spammed with the "The Extend WG Protocol Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified." error:
1. Open Device Manager
2. Click View > Show hidden devices
3. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers and uninstall the Extend WG Protocol Driver
4. Open a command prompt, and run sc delete “wgx”
5. Reboot the system.
I came across this forum when trying to check on the same problem. After a bit of investigation I tried placing the full path to the WGX.sys file in to the registry i.e. I added "C:\Windows" prefix to the system32...... entry on the line. The event logs came back clear on the reboot. It would be nice if Symantec fixed their installer for this one!
orgnalwood, thank you SO SO MUCH! I started this thread 10 months ago, and what a pain in the @@ it's been dealing with this issue all this time. Unfortunately I never saw your post until now, some 7 months after you posted it. This board's notification system is pretty hit and miss, I just happened to check back.
I just made the change on a few servers and IT WORKS! Now I have to change the rest of them.
THANKS AGAIN!
Hi
I've got 500 computers that have the problem. Reading this, am I to believe that I have to visit all the computers to correct this issue. Is there a script that can help here?
Jeff
sc delete “wgx"
is the command to delete the WGX service. You can create a logon script to delete that.
Vikram Kumar
Symantec Consultant
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I followed orgnalwood's steps (accepted solution). After a successful reboot I am still getting the error message.
I tried sc delete wgx and got this message:
[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not existas an installed service.
Any more ideas how to resolve this issue?
Thanks!
This worked for me.
1. Open Device Manager
2. Click View > Show hidden devices
3. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers and uninstall the Extend WG Protocol Driver
4. open regedit
5. delete the key "WGX" in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
6. reboot system
Jan, thanks for the fix.
Interesting that this issue still exists with version 11.0.5002.333, the installer did not clean it up.
Any smart scripters out there now how to uninstall a device using WMI?
-Rob
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