1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Click Services and Applications.
3. Double-click Services.
4. In the Services list, right-click SSDP Discovery Service, and then click
Properties.
5. On the General tab, in the Startup type drop-down list, click Disabled.
6. Click OK.
If it doesn’t work, the alternative would be disable both SSDP Discovery
Service and Universal Plug and Play Device Host. Repeat the above steps for
both services.
You may try to choose Automatic at step 5 instead of Disabled, as it’s
reported some people has success with this.
If you need Universal Plug and Play services and wouldn’t want to disable
it, The steps as below (only applicable on Windows XP with Service Pack 2):
1. Open My Network Places.
2. Click Hide Icons for Networked uPnP Devices at the Tasks panel.
3. For Windows Classic theme users, click Tools and the Folder Options in
Windows Explorer, and then select Show Common Tasks in Folders to see the
option specified in step 2.
Or,
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. Select Networking Services.
5. Click Details button.
6. Uncheck (remove) the UPnP User Interface.
7. Click OK.
The most reliable way to solve the problem is to logout and then login again
to Windows XP.
If you don’t want to logout and login Windows XP after starting the PC,
Disable Automatic Logon is a possible way to solve the issue by the following
steps:
1. Click on Start.
2. Click on Run.
3. Type “control userpasswords2″.
4. Click OK.
5. Check (Select) Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer.
6. Click OK.
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Raghu Boddu,
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