[Winpcap-users] Cannot get npf to start

[Mike Sutliff]

Running XP SP2 with no MS firewall. I have lightly perused the
wincap-users archives and didn't find anything about this type of
error. Ethereal was running
at one time on my machine. I uninstalled other sniffers and network monitors.
I have uninstalled Ethereal and Winpcap. Cannot do a 'net start' for npf or
manually run npf_mgm to get it to start. Error indicates that it cannot find the
file. The system log shows an event ID: 7000 Service Control Manager error -
'The NetGroup Packet Filter Driver service failed to start due to the following
error: The system cannot find the file specified'. I've tried turning off my
anti-virus and anti-spyware software. I've also removed other 'protocols' from
my network configuration setup. Any clues?