Thanks to everyone who replied. I guess I focused too much on the SAN disk,
but that was helpful to know.'
The overriding issue is I cannot start the computer with the PNP service
enabled (and as such all its dependencies). The computer never stops
booting and the CPU is maxed at 100%.
The question becomes, is there any way to remove/reinstall the PNP service
or should I just blast the computer with the factory restore CD?
The latter seems to be the "elephant gun" approach to solving this...I'm
just not sure.
Scott
Original post:
New out of the box install on an Everex 3502. All went smooth, setup
> vista,
> a linksys router and office 2003. moved data from a san disk cruzer.
> worked
> well for half a day, then the enter computer ground to halt. VERY slow.
> things would open & close, but it took 15 min. to open one email. task
> mgr
> shows cpu spiked @ 100% utilization. was able to shut down, boot to safe
> mode a few dozen times and start disabling/enabling services until I found
> the one causing the slowness.; the plug & play service. through the same
> set of steps, I did confiirm disabling the PNP service resolves the
> problem
> (the computer is able to boot, logon and start without problems or
> slowness);
> however, because multiple other services are dependent on the PNP service
> thinks like the audio, printer an USB ports do not work.
>
> A few questions;
>
> Is there any way to remove/reinstall the PNP service alone?
>
> Could the SAND Disk Cruzer flash drive caused a problem (corrupting the
> PNP
> or other servce?). When the SAN disk was inserted, on driver did not
> install, but the disk worked. This is a U3 disk . I'm not real familiar
> with the U# standard, but did remember some boot problems with some
> computers
> after a SAN disk was used.
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Thanks.......Scott
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