What is this running process please ?

[Guest]

Hi all,
I have a problem which has developed on my pc under XP Home. With no
programs running, i observe that the CPU is running @ 100% permaently and it
appears that the following process is permanently taking 98% of CPU ...
"windowsxpzeroconfigurationdisable.exe"... even though warned about ending
the pocess, if id do end it, CPU returns to 4% and any programs seem to run
ok.
Any ideas please ?

Barry

 

[Guest]

Hi Barry,
Do you have any Software/Hardware installed recently,if so did you chose the
installation wizard of Windows Zero Config to so the installation.
Go Run | msconfig | press OK and Disable the offending process and reboot.
Tell us of any H/S were installed recently if that didn't help.
Good luck
nass

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Barry,

Did you install a wireless card and supporting software for it? It sounds
like the supporting software is trying to control your connection and
disable the native wireless configuration support. If this is the case, you
may find that disabling the service will resolve the problem, though I find
that I prefer to use it rather than a manufacturer's program. To locate it,
click start/run and type services.msc, then click ok. Scroll down the list
to "wireless zero configuration" and double click it. Set the startup type
to manual rather than automatic.

Now, if you have not installed or updated a manufacturer's connection
manager software, you may actually have some nasty on the system that is
trying to disable your ability to connect to the internet. If you do not use
wireless on this system, you may simply resolve the problem by disabling the
service completely (setting the startup type to manual will be sufficient
for this as well).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org