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Can not get wdm driver handle !

My wife has started getting this pop-up error on her Gateway Solo2150 laptop running Windows XP Pro:

Can not get wdm driver handle!

The pop-up error dialog has a "OK" button.  When you click it, the error message comes right back again (over and over.)

Any suggestions please?  As fas as I know- nothing has been installed or uninstalled from the computer recently.
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snyperj,
Suggest you try Ewido.  You can download and install the free version of Ewido anti-malware from here.   Update it first, then scan in Safe mode:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
Quote:  This setup contains the free as well as the plus-version of the ewido security suite. After the installation, a free 14-day test version containing all the extensions of the plus-version will be activated. At the end of the test phase, the extensions of the plus version are deactivated and the freeware version can be used unlimited times.
For comment one above, rapidly tap F8 key during bootup to enter Safe mode.

It's also conceivable you may have a virus and may also like to try at least two of these free virus scanners.   No one scanner is guaranteed to remove all viruses:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php 
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Features of ewido anti-malware >>    http://www.ewido.net/en/features/
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She wound up using AdAware which was previouslyinstalled.  The problem has stopped.
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Thanks snyperj.