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I had XP SP1 installed on my PC. It got to the point where I had no option
but to install SP2. Since then, my PC is taking 10 times (literally) longer
to bootup. Opening My Computer cause the newly opened window to appear blank
with just an animated flash light. The PC's CPU utilization is always around
3%. I tried opening my Sony Video Vegas 5.0d and it took ages to open. When
I click File Open, and try to select a new folder, it sits there for about 2
minutes doing nothing (like a hung app) and then appears with the new
folder. If I try to navigate to another folder, same thing.
I narrowed down the problem to Windows Image Aquisition service. To fix the
problem I had to disable this service, but now my scanner does not appear in
Scanners & Cameras and the HP software doesn't fire up coz it can't find the
scanner. My Zone Alarm also crashed and would not start, but I fixed that by
re-installing ZA. The reason why I am blaming DEP (Data Execution
Protection) is because I am hearing that DEP is causing problems on other
ppls PCs. I tried to setup the HP software and ZA in the Exception part of
DEP, but it didn't make a difference.
Can someone suggest why this is happening and how to fix it?
P4 3.2GHz 1GB RAM
HP5400C scanner
HP7960 Colour Deskjet
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+-- Julian
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I had XP SP1 installed on my PC. It got to the point where I had no option
but to install SP2. Since then, my PC is taking 10 times (literally) longer
to bootup. Opening My Computer cause the newly opened window to appear blank
with just an animated flash light. The PC's CPU utilization is always around
3%. I tried opening my Sony Video Vegas 5.0d and it took ages to open. When
I click File Open, and try to select a new folder, it sits there for about 2
minutes doing nothing (like a hung app) and then appears with the new
folder. If I try to navigate to another folder, same thing.
I narrowed down the problem to Windows Image Aquisition service. To fix the
problem I had to disable this service, but now my scanner does not appear in
Scanners & Cameras and the HP software doesn't fire up coz it can't find the
scanner. My Zone Alarm also crashed and would not start, but I fixed that by
re-installing ZA. The reason why I am blaming DEP (Data Execution
Protection) is because I am hearing that DEP is causing problems on other
ppls PCs. I tried to setup the HP software and ZA in the Exception part of
DEP, but it didn't make a difference.
Can someone suggest why this is happening and how to fix it?
P4 3.2GHz 1GB RAM
HP5400C scanner
HP7960 Colour Deskjet
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+-- Julian
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