smss.exe tried to install win32k.sys

Hi peeps.

Just booted up my laptop today and PG warned me that smss.exe tried to install a driver/service called %systemroot%system32\win32k.sys. I've done a google search and seems this file used for multi-user login,some other functions to do with the kernel. I am the only user of my pc,i haven't installed anything for ages,there's nothing new (that i can see) on my pc,and just seems a bit out of the blue.

Any advice would be welcome.

 

This is required, are you running a beta ? it should be allowed by default unless you remove it

 

gavin, are you saying that smss.exe is suppose to have the "install driver/service" priviledge?

 

Hi Gavin.

I only have two beta's:-
Protowall http://www.bluetack.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2 had it since June 2005
and
Jason's GhostSecuritySuite http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ had this a couple a months (Sept 2005 i think)

Did have PG v3.3,but reverted back to v3.2 due to a startup prob to do with PG's protect physical memory feature. Still got it with v3.2,so it's not PG directly causing the prob,it's just something related to PG.

The only other beta i can think of,is on microsoft's update page,if you click on 'Change Settings' there's an option to 'Show beta products and related updates' http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en
which i selected,probably a couple of days before this file tried to install,but there wern't any,so...

 

tony, it sounds like if you gave smss.exe the "install driver/service" priviledge that it is supposed to have, then you would not have a problem..

maybe the reason that you are seeing this now, and not before, is because you only recently removed the "install driver/service" from "smss.exe"?

 

I think your right mate, it's already on my HD,date created - 08/29/2002

Thanks for all your time guys