Vista - PDIHWCTL service error

Every time I boot up my Vista x64 Ultimate machine I get the following
error in the Event Viewer:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 03/01/2009 19:20:24
Event ID: 7000
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Dell-690
Description:
The PDIHWCTL service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager"
Guid="{555908D1-A6D7-4695-8E1E-26931D2012F4}" EventSourceName="Service
Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7000</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-01-03T19:20:24.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>65377</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Dell-690</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">PDIHWCTL</Data>
<Data Name="param2">%%2</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>



Any idea what this service is for and how to correct this error?


Thanks,

Antonio


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"asalcedo" <asalcedo.3lghnb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:asalcedo.3lghnb@xxxxxxIf you do a Google search for "PDIHWCTL"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...e+Search&meta=
you will see it's got something to do with the Portrait Displays Inc software
on your computer.

Yes, I had already googled that, but for more that I have searched,
there is no substantive information.

The event log of my computer goes back to almost a year ago when I
first installed on it Vista 64. It already showed the same message. May
be it is a bug with the Nvidia driver that I installed for my Nvidia
cards from Dell.


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On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:28:31 +0530, asalcedo
<asalcedo.3lghnb@xxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-xp...l-service.html