Unable to load driver: CreateService error 1072, "service marked for deletion" about peerblock HOT 15 CLOSED

Additional instrumentation added to this routine in r66 commit.

Leaving bug open (but not targetted at a specific release) until we get 
additional
data from someone hitting this issue.

Got some more info on this one now, after the r66 changes.  Here's the real 
error
we're getting:

/---------------------------------------
class win32_error
CreateService
1072
The specified service has been marked for deletion.
\---------------------------------------

The relevant lines from peerblock.log:

/---------------------------------------
[driver] [load(3)]    driver not currently installed as service
[driver] [load(3)]    Driver-service NOT running!
[driver] [load(3)]    driver not currently installed as service
[driver] [load(3)]    paths don't match, removing and recreating driver-service
[driver] [load(3)]    ERROR re-creating driver-service
\---------------------------------------

anybody resolve this problem as im getting the same error.
cheers

Not yet, I started looking into it but haven't had a chance to fully debug it 
yet. 
From my initial investigations, it looks as though the Windows Service Control
Manager thinks someone still has a handle open to the service, so that when we 
delete
it as part of the "remove and recreating driver-service" step it doesn't 
actually
finish deleting it.

My understanding is that when this issue is hit, restarting PeerBlock generally
resolves it.  And it only happens during program startup, so it's 
easily-noticeable
and doesn't end up crashing the program and leaving you unprotected in the 
middle of
the night while you're sleeping.  If that's incorrect let me know and I'll up 
the
priority of this.

[deleted comment]

I have a potential fix for this in test, won't be committing anything to
source-control until the problem is repro'ed again though.  If anyone who's hit 
this
bug is willing to help test, please send me an email
(http://tinymailto.com/peerblock) and I'll get it out to you.

Committed that potential fix as r116, along with a window that will popup if 
you hit
this, telling you that we're going to try to workaround it, and asking you to 
please
send us your peerblock.log file.  If you see this message during startup, see 
what
happens, and please send us your .log file whether it works or not!

Fixed in r122/123, as per test results from forum thread:
(http://forums.peerblock.com/read.php?3,227).

[deleted comment]

i just now updated to the latest version but i forgot to close my peerblock 
while
doing so, then i closed it and clicked Retry, but now i get the same unable to 
load
driver error as well.

Re-opening this issue.  Could you please attach your peerblock.log file, and a
screenshot of the error message if it's reproducible?

After following up with gruzergrub5000, it sounds as though his problem was 
caused by
forgetting close PeerBlock prior to upgrading.  After a reinstall everything has
apparently been working well, so I'm re-closing this bug.

If it happens again, please make sure you post your peerblock.log and/or a 
screenshot
of the error, and we will either re-open this bug again or open a new one 
against it.

[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.183] [02828]  [driver] [load(2)]   preparing to load 
driver -
name: [pbfilter], file: [\??\C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\pbfilter.sys]
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.183] [02828]  [driver] [load(3)]   loading driver - name:
[pbfilter], file: [\??\C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\pbfilter.sys], devfile: 
[\\.\pbfilter]
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.184] [02828]  [driver] [load(3)]    driver not currently
installed as service
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.186] [02828]  [driver] [load(3)]    service name:
[\??\C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\pbfilter.sys], file name: [\??\C:\Program
Files\PeerBlock\pbfilter.sys]
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.187] [02828]  [driver] [load(3)]    Driver-service NOT 
running!
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.187] [02828]  [driver] [load(3)]    - service state: [1]
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.188] [02828]  [driver] [start]    starting driver
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.236] [02828]  [driver] [start]   getting handle to 
driver -
devfile: [\\.\pbfilter]
[10/26/2009] [22:49:04.236] [02828]  [driver] [start]    started driver

apparently this error is still active

log attached

It actually looks like PeerBlock is working correctly as per your peerblock.log 
file
- the driver wasn't running, so we started it and continued normally.  From your
logfile it doesn't look like you saw the "unable to load the packet filtering 
driver"
popup (with associated PeerBlock crash), right?

I think what's confusing you is just the poorly-chosen text I've put into the
logfile.  That "Driver-service NOT running!" text makes it look like this is a 
bad
condition, when it's really not.  I'll try to remember to change that next time 
I'm
in that area of code, to something less alarming.

If I've misinterpreted something, though, please correct my understanding of 
your issue!

Hello i tried to use peerblocker on a windows 2000 machine with exchange 2000.

look here, pbfilter.sys error!


Logging Started...
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  PeerBlock Starting
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  PeerBlock 1.0
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Flushed tracelog
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Running on OS: Windows 2000 32-bit -
Build:[2195], SP:[4.0]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  User running as Admin
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Created program mutex
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Initialized common controls
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Registered color picker
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Initialized winsock
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  Successfully 
PreventSetUnhandledExceptionFilter()
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  [mainproc] [Main_OnInitDialog]  > Entering 
routine.
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  [mainproc] [Main_OnInitDialog]    loading 
config
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]  > Entering routine.
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  [Configuration] [LoadFile]    loading
file:[C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.conf]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.800] [05920]  [Configuration] [LoadFile]    Successfully 
loaded
file:[C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.conf]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    found peerblock
configuration file
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
root element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
settings
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
logging
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config
tracelogging element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
colors
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config
windowing element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
updates
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
messages
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
ports
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]    parsing config 
lists
element
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [Configuration] [Load]  < Leaving routine.
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [mainproc] [Main_OnInitDialog]    Config 
loaded.
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [mainproc] [Main_OnInitDialog]    checking 
if
previous-release updates are required
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [mainproc] [PerformPrevRelUpdates]    
Checking
for old peerguardian-hosted lists, and updating any found to 
iblocklist.com-hosted ones
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [mainproc] [Main_OnInitDialog]    resetting 
g_filter
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [driver] [load(2)]   preparing to load 
driver -
name: [IpFilterDriver], file: [System32\Drivers\IpFltDrv.sys]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [driver] [load(3)]   loading driver - name:
[IpFilterDriver], file: [System32\Drivers\IpFltDrv.sys], devfile: 
[\\.\IpFilterDriver]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [driver] [load(3)]    driver not currently
installed as service
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.815] [05920]  [driver] [load(3)]    service name:
[System32\DRIVERS\ipfltdrv.sys], file name: [System32\Drivers\IpFltDrv.sys]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.831] [05920]  [driver] [load(3)]    Driver-service NOT 
running!
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.831] [05920]  [driver] [load(3)]    - service state: [1]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.831] [05920]  [driver] [start]    starting driver
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.847] [05920]  [driver] [start]   getting handle to driver 
-
devfile: [\\.\IpFilterDriver]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.847] [05920]  [driver] [start]  * Error:  ERROR: 
CreateFile
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.847] [05920]  [driver] [start]    - err:[2], desc:[The 
system
cannot find the file specified.

]
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.862] [05920]  [driver] [close]    closing driver
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.862] [05920]  [driver] [stop]    Tried to stop driver, 
but it
is not started
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.862] [05920]  [driver] [close]    unloaded driver
[1/27/2010] [11:38:29.862] [05920]  [driver] [close]    Tried to close driver, 
but it
wasn't loaded.

what now?