Windows Image Acquisition Service

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Kind of a werid problem that pops up on many computers for seemingly no
reason at all. One day when you click on my computer the flash light will
roll around for 45 seconds, or anytime your in a program trying to save
something............45 seconds.

After hours of troubleshooting I have found if that if I stop and turn the
service to MANUAL, reboot.........it goes away.

So what is up with WIA and has anyone else had this werid problem?
 
Disable the WIA service.

Enable it only if and when you need it, if you have a scanner or camera,
otherwise leave it disabled. Of course you'll get a lot of DCOM errors in
the Event Viewer. I do. ;-) I don't even enable the WIA service when I
use my scanner. WIA is another of Microsoft's bad ideas.

Yes others have had the problem...

Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/service/wxyz.html#STISVC

Long delay before files appear in My Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819017

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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