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Sean Anderson
I am running XP, fully up to date.
I run connected to the internet behind a router with NAT etc. It is also
UPnP capable.
I had previously disabled the SSDP Discovery Service. I have now re-enabled
it so that I can do stuff with Windows Messenger.
Anyway, I reset the SSDP Discovery Service to manual. I then tried starting
the service, but I get a message with the following:
The SSDP Discovery Service service on Local Computer started and then
stopped. Some services stop automatically
if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts
service.
Is this normal - I suspect not.
Additionally, after the computer runs for a while (after rebooting) with the
SSDP Discovery Service enabled, the CPU usage reaches around 70% with the
svchost.exe process (I'm running a 2.2MHz Athlon 512MB). Suspecting it was
the newly enabled service, I started the services manager and the SSDP
Discovery Service said it was "starting" (note, I never got this when
starting it manually). I then stopped and disabled the service, and the CPU
usage dropped back to next to nothing.
I've done a bunch of Googling and have not had much luck in locating
anything.
Something has obviously gone wrong way back some time. Is there something I
should look out for? Any ideas?
I guess I can live without Windows Messenger, but is is occasionally useful
when transferring files etc, and having the relevant ports opened
automagically on the router would be handy.
Thanks in advance.
I run connected to the internet behind a router with NAT etc. It is also
UPnP capable.
I had previously disabled the SSDP Discovery Service. I have now re-enabled
it so that I can do stuff with Windows Messenger.
Anyway, I reset the SSDP Discovery Service to manual. I then tried starting
the service, but I get a message with the following:
The SSDP Discovery Service service on Local Computer started and then
stopped. Some services stop automatically
if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts
service.
Is this normal - I suspect not.
Additionally, after the computer runs for a while (after rebooting) with the
SSDP Discovery Service enabled, the CPU usage reaches around 70% with the
svchost.exe process (I'm running a 2.2MHz Athlon 512MB). Suspecting it was
the newly enabled service, I started the services manager and the SSDP
Discovery Service said it was "starting" (note, I never got this when
starting it manually). I then stopped and disabled the service, and the CPU
usage dropped back to next to nothing.
I've done a bunch of Googling and have not had much luck in locating
anything.
Something has obviously gone wrong way back some time. Is there something I
should look out for? Any ideas?
I guess I can live without Windows Messenger, but is is occasionally useful
when transferring files etc, and having the relevant ports opened
automagically on the router would be handy.
Thanks in advance.