essspk.exe question

[truckpuller]

After boot up on windows 98 SE when screen comes up i get this messege. Cannot find essspk.exe and also get couldnot load essspk.exe. Tried looking it up on google but got all kinds of differant things Thanks for any help

[jman01pa]

I believe that file is for a modem with an ESS Technologies chipset. It is used for call waiting feature on the modem. If this applies to you, reinstall your modem drivers / software..

[Jarhed7276]

Call waiting task which gets installed by the drivers for V92 modems based on ESS Technologies chipsets. If you enable the call waiting facility, and your telephone line has the capability, and someone calls you while you are browsing the Internet, a popup comes up on the Taskbar, ESSSPK, informing you of the call and which number is calling you. You can decide to ignore the call or to accept it : if you accept it, your Internet connection is disconnected and your modem and/or phone rings.


Some versions of ESSSPK cause Blue Screen Fatal Exceptions. If this happens to you, see if upgrading to the latest drivers for your modem solves the problem. If not, then disable call waiting.

essspk.exe is a modem on hold or call waiting utility for modems based upon a ESS Technologies v.92 chipset.

You can either remove the file's command line from your startup configuration (use msconfig.exe), or you can re-install the drivers/utilities for your modem.

Assuming you have not had any other problems, just re-install the drivers and any utilities that may have been packaged with your modem. If you need to download a modem driver, then check here for your model....

http://www.esstech.com/techsupp/drivers.shtm

Good Luck,
Robert Richmond

Edit: Seems we all had the same idea.

[jman01pa]

Lol. I think truck got the answer...

[truckpuller]

Thanks for info. After i posted went back and rebooted and said it couldnot load it in the Win.inf file . Thanks again i'll try reloading drivers and i do have call waiting disabled because out here in the sticks they dont offer it Thanks again

[truckpuller]

I just took it off my startup configuration and is aok thanks again you guys are great. Ironic i can dissemble an automatic transmission rebuild it put it back together and it works but a 300 dollar computer and im lost thanks again.