SSDP appears to be timing out... but on what?

[John Q]

Thanks for the help... I tried uninstalling the Q811493
patch but no luck. Sure seems like SSDP is timing out
looking for something.

If I disable the SSDP service only, then I get control
quickly after booting, but when I open Windows Explorer
and try to drill into any directories, I get
the "flashlight looking for stuff" icon, so it takes me
about the same amount of time.

If I disable both the SSDP and WIA services, then
everything starts up fine and I can open Word docs almost
immediately after I get the desktop up, although I still
can't use my PPPoE client for a little while (again,
seems more like a timeout going on).

Any other troubleshooting ideas or logs that would give
me a clue as to what's going on during this timeout
period?

Thanks,
John Q.


>-----Original Message-----
>A month or two ago did you put windows update Q811493 in
>your computer? This is a old problem,but I had to ask.Go
>to Add/Remove programs and see if it is there,if
>so,Remove....Good luck...
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>A month or two ago, my PC (XP) would boot to the
desktop
>>but then take a long time to give control to me
(approx.
>>2-3 minutes) while it appeared to be just sitting there.
>>
>>I disabled all services/startup items and it comes up
>>just fine. Traced it to the SSDP discovery service. Now
>I
>>get control after boot like normal and can bring up an
>>explorer window, but it appears to still doing stuff
>>because I can't drill down to any directories for a few
>>minutes. In addition, can't start up my DSL client for
a
>>few minutes.
>>
>>I don't recall any new installations over these last 2
>>months. Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this further?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>John Q.
>>.
>>
>.
>
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Hi Skip,

Thanks for the help, I tried uninstalling that patch but
no luck. Sure seems like SSDP is timing out looking for
something.

If I disable the SSDP service only, then I get control
quickly, but when I open Windows Explorer and try to
drill into any directories, I get the "flashlight looking
for stuff" icon, so it takes me about the same amount of
time.

If I disable both the SSDP and WIA services, then
everything starts up fine and I can open Word docs almost
immediately after I get the desktop up, although I still
can't used my PPPoE client for a little while (again,
seems more like a timeout going on).

Any other troubleshooting ideas or logs that would give
me a clue as to what's going on during this timeout
period?

Thanks,
John Q.


>-----Original Message-----
>A month or two ago did you put windows update Q811493 in
>your computer? This is a old problem,but I had to ask.Go
>to Add/Remove programs and see if it is there,if
>so,Remove....Good luck...
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>A month or two ago, my PC (XP) would boot to the
desktop
>>but then take a long time to give control to me
(approx.
>>2-3 minutes) while it appeared to be just sitting there.
>>
>>I disabled all services/startup items and it comes up
>>just fine. Traced it to the SSDP discovery service. Now
>I
>>get control after boot like normal and can bring up an
>>explorer window, but it appears to still doing stuff
>>because I can't drill down to any directories for a few
>>minutes. In addition, can't start up my DSL client for
a
>>few minutes.
>>
>>I don't recall any new installations over these last 2
>>months. Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this further?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>John Q.
>>.
>>
>.
>
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