How do i find a lost windows file?

Everytime I turn on my computer I receive this message:

windows cannot find 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe'. Make sure you typed
the name correctly and then try again. To search for a file, click the start
button, and then click search.

Then i click on OK and get this message:

Could not load or run 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe' specified in the
registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference
to it in the registry.

Please, how do I fix this?

is this on a server? and is it supposed to be something related to a
networking problem?? personally i would start with a virus and malware
scan, that is not a standard winxp file that i can find and is a likely
candidate for a malware according to a quick google search. if that doesn't
find anything and nothing else is malfunctioning then i would find the
registry entry that was trying to run it at startup and delete it... most
likely it was a modem that you uninstalled and it didn't clean up after
itself completely.

"Fiona" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:716AF9CE-BAD3-4CE5-BDD1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive this message:
>
> windows cannot find 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe'. Make sure you
> typed
> the name correctly and then try again. To search for a file, click the
> start
> button, and then click search.
>
> Then i click on OK and get this message:
>
> Could not load or run 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe' specified in the
> registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the
> reference
> to it in the registry.
>
> Please, how do I fix this?
>
>

To follow up what Dave was saying,
Modeminf.exe is also a known Trojan, so definately run your scans. "IF" it's
just a corrupted program, you can follow the lines of removing/uninstalling
the program correctly as Dave mention, you can also use Start>Run>MSCONFIG
and disable the file from the startup. That will not "fix" the problem in
Windows, but it will stop Windows from trying to load the file on startup
hence silenting the message.

Hpe this helps,
--
Louis Vitiello Jr.
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MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> is this on a server? and is it supposed to be something related to a
> networking problem?? personally i would start with a virus and malware
> scan, that is not a standard winxp file that i can find and is a likely
> candidate for a malware according to a quick google search. if that
> doesn't find anything and nothing else is malfunctioning then i would find
> the registry entry that was trying to run it at startup and delete it...
> most likely it was a modem that you uninstalled and it didn't clean up
> after itself completely.
>
> "Fiona" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:716AF9CE-BAD3-4CE5-BDD1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Everytime I turn on my computer I receive this message:
>>
>> windows cannot find 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe'. Make sure you
>> typed
>> the name correctly and then try again. To search for a file, click the
>> start
>> button, and then click search.
>>
>> Then i click on OK and get this message:
>>
>> Could not load or run 'c/windows/system32/modeminf.exe' specified in the
>> registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the
>> reference
>> to it in the registry.
>>
>> Please, how do I fix this?
>>
>>
>
>