Damn Stisvc (Windows Imaging) service

[The PIT]

I'd like to know what tries to launch this service. I had disable it becuase the machine would hang for ages everytime I went to My computer.

This improved matters tremdously but it still wasn't a 100 percent fix. Once in a while when you're browsing folders the machine would hang. Not a problem unless you're doing ghost backup and then you'd crash the machine.

Disabling the indexing service stopped the hanging folders. However something is still trying launch the stisvc service as I get an error in the event log each time I browse drives.

Microshaft is useless as normal as it just tells you to disable the service.

[SitFlyer]

http://www.2-files.com/filename/stisvc-exe

[The PIT]

Thanks I looked at this page in the past.
Still like to know whats calling this program though.

[Jon P. Inghram]

It's probably because you have (or have had) a camera hooked up to the computer and the driver is still present, if inactive.

This MS article tells ya how to allow the device manager to show inactive devices.

[The PIT]

Removed old junk some time ago just checked and none have crept back in.

Remembered that I hadn't uninstalled some fujifilm usb drivers and did that earler this evening.

[Jon P. Inghram]

I think the MCP uses that service to help keep the rest of the system enslaved or something.

Seriously though, that's what stopped it from loading when I looked at the My Computer "folder" on my system at least.

[Kurt]

Had some weird problem with a USB scanner on XP. It would take ages for explorer to show the folder list. I just have to disconnect the scanner then put it back in a couple of minutes after windows has booted and all's peachy. HP Scanjet 5100C if I remember.

[The PIT]

Seemed to have cured it.

Whether it was setting indexing to disabled or removing the fujifilm usb drivers I don't know but so far no pauses or errors relating to stisvc in the event log.

[The PIT]

Problem has returned again.