Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Troubleshootings-Torch Moves When You Click My Computer

This is a problem -when you double click on My Computer,Windows takes a long time to open it searches for files for a long time.And during that period you will find a flashlight or a torch is moving from right to left and vice-versa.

How To Fix:-

Method One-Through Command line:-

Start>Run>type in cmd>ok

Run these commands:-
NET STOP STISVC (This stops the service)>press ENTER
SC CONFIG STISVC START= DISABLED
(This sets the Service startup type to disabled)>Press ENTER

Method Two-To Stop Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

Start>Run>type Services.msc>ok

From the list of Services(local) scroll down to Windows Image Acquisition>Right click on it>Click on Stop.

Further help:-
Long delay before files appear in My Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=819017

1 comment:

tekkenlord777 said...

Hey i have this problem but the my computer files aren't appearing AT ALL i left it over 20 mins and all i get is the torch and my cursor as an egg timer.... any help?