HID Input Service keeps turning off

I've been using Win XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/ Rollup 2 for years
without too much difficulty.

But, there is one thing that has been driving me crazy and that is the HID
Input Service. I have Microsoft's IR Receiver and Remote Control ( Model 1040
) and when the HID Input Service is running everything is just dandy.

However, the service turns itself off arbitrarily and quite regularly.

Instance 1: Whenever a DVD is placed in the drive, the HID Input Service
disables itself and I have to manually restart it from the SERVICE section.

Instance 2: Upon rebooting the computer, the HID Input Service has to be
manually restarted again, despite the fact that it was set to AUTOMATIC.

Instance 3: HID Input Service turns itself off at random. No apparent reason.

I've posted here before but found no replies. Any help would be appreciated.

=?Utf-8?B?RGFyZW4=?= <> wrote in
news:EC3FFF55-3459-4FBB-937C-:

> I've been using Win XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/ Rollup 2 for years
> without too much difficulty.
>
> But, there is one thing that has been driving me crazy and that is the
> HID Input Service. I have Microsoft's IR Receiver and Remote Control (
> Model 1040 ) and when the HID Input Service is running everything is
> just dandy.
>
> However, the service turns itself off arbitrarily and quite regularly.
>
> Instance 1: Whenever a DVD is placed in the drive, the HID Input
> Service disables itself and I have to manually restart it from the
> SERVICE section.
>
> Instance 2: Upon rebooting the computer, the HID Input Service has to
> be manually restarted again, despite the fact that it was set to
> AUTOMATIC.
>
> Instance 3: HID Input Service turns itself off at random. No apparent
> reason.
>
> I've posted here before but found no replies. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>

I assume that you have scanned your computer for Malware?

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