System hangs on My Computer

[Jmayo]

I'm running WinXP and everytime I try to go into My
Computer the window opens up but then just hangs up I get
no response for nearly 10 minutes. This happens anytime I
try to access "My computer" whether it be through
explorer or anywhere. I would try to run scandsik but I
cant access the drives because it hangs up on me. Anybody
with some answers would be much appreciated. I have XP
with an 80 gig drive partitioned 4 ways.

[Gerry Cornell]

Disable Windows Image Acquisition ( WIA ) and see if it solves your =
problem.

If you use your computer for digital photography or have a scanner you =
should monitor whether the change has any adverse affect. Don't forget =
you can restore the service temporarily whilst carrying out such =
activities. I use a scanner and have noticed no ill affect. =20

You can access and change services settings:
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type Services.msc and then click OK. The Services window appears.
Locate and select the service that you want to change.
Click Action, and then click Properties.
On the General tab, click the drop-down for the "Start up type" list box =
and change the start up for WIA as needed.=20
Click OK when finished making your changes.

FWIW I made this suggestion to one user and it made no difference. They =
then uninstalled and re-installed their scanner and the problem went!=20

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Jmayo" > wrote in message =
...
> I'm running WinXP and everytime I try to go into My=20
> Computer the window opens up but then just hangs up I get=20
> no response for nearly 10 minutes. This happens anytime I=20
> try to access "My computer" whether it be through=20
> explorer or anywhere. I would try to run scandsik but I=20
> cant access the drives because it hangs up on me. Anybody=20
> with some answers would be much appreciated. I have XP=20
> with an 80 gig drive partitioned 4 ways.