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Broadcom Wireless BCM42RLY service
3 week old Inspiron 1525, Vista Home Premium, All Microsoft updates installed.
In event viewer I have this entry dozens of times -
"The BCM42RLY service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified."
What file? Why can't it find it?
My wireless seems to work fine, but I've a suspicion it's impacting on attempts to CHKDSK.
It's not a Trojan I've scanned, I'd just like to disable it from starting.
Thanks.
RCBullar
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May 28th, 2008 14:00
Kevin,
I misspoke -- I didn't actually delete the key (I'm too chicken.) I changed the value of the Start DWORD to 4, which disables the service. The value has been preserved across reboots, and the service no longer attempts to start.
(If I HAD deleted it and it put itself back, I'd be calling for an exorcism, as that would be way too virus-like.)
Rob
RCBullar
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May 28th, 2008 15:00
Larry,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BCM42RLY.
I've exported the key to a .reg file, and pasted the contents below. Note that I changed the value of my Start DWORD to 4 from 2, in order to disable the service.
Cheers,
Rob
DELL-Larry R
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May 28th, 2008 15:00
Removing the entries from Device Manager and then installing the update driver is what I would have done as well if it did not appear in Add & Remove Programs (some drivers do, some don't).
I wonder if BCM42RLY is a Microsoft version of one of the Broadcom system files?
What is the registry path to that key, Rob? I'm thinking of finding a 1525 here to "play" with to see what I can see ...
DELL-Larry R
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May 29th, 2008 18:00
alpo5
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May 31st, 2008 10:00
hepburir
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June 23rd, 2008 21:00
I've had same problem on a Dell Latitude D630 for months - 6 error log entires posted every boot. I just made the registry change provided by RCBullar so that Windows does not try to start the service. That fixed the problem for me.
Thanks
Andrej7
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July 4th, 2008 09:00
sgesualdi
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December 18th, 2008 16:00
Larry, I have a vostro 1500 and am having the same issue with the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BCM42RLY] problem. Did you ever get a resolve to this? It is causing my laptop to hang on bootup and then i get the errors in the event logs. thanks
DELL-Larry R
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December 25th, 2008 12:00
No, I didn't. What driver version do you have installed for your network adapater(s)?
colleendonovan
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June 18th, 2009 17:00
Hi also need quite a bit of help.
My Dell inspiron lap top is less than 1 yr old. most recently it's begun shutting down without a moments notice. I reboot and then it flashes and shuts down again. it's quite frustrating so i brought it in to the store i had purchased it from. they simply reloaded windows vista on my computer, and to no surprise the problem is still there. In the events log it has over 1,000 errors of BCM42RLY. How do I go about fixing this problem? I've seen the other comments and feel like there might be a solution but, i am not to computer savey and do not want to risk doing more harm. would it be possible to have more of a step by step guide on this problem?
jenniferlraynor
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January 16th, 2014 11:00
I downloaded the file, moved it into the c:\windows\system32 file and restarted. The BCM32RLY error went away. I wouldn't advise people to mess with the registry files unless they are a professional. The REGISTRY entry will automatically be entered after restarting. This is the correct way to solve the issue!