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  1. #1
    David Harper Guest

    XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting

    I suddenly started experiencing a long delay when I boot my Win XP Pro (SP2)
    machine . It is a Dell 3.0 Gig cpu, 1 Gig memory machine.

    For the past year, up until two days ago, it booted in about 1.5 minutes.
    But the next and subsequent boots, it gets as far as showing the wallpaper
    then hangs there for about 4 minutes. At this point there is nothing on the
    screen except the wallpaper. At the end of the 4 minutes the taskbar and
    desktop icons appear and the boot process continues normally. Once it has
    completely booted everything appears to work normally.

    I examined the Event Log and found only one oddity. Early in the boot
    process --about the time the wallpaper appears -- the log records this: "The
    Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service hung on starting." 4 minutes later
    the Event Log reports that the WIA service entered the running state.

    The only recent system modifying events that I can recall are: 1) I
    installed the latest JAVA runtime (JRE) from Sun. 2) Symantec's LiveUpdate
    installed an updated LiveUpdate program. I have Symantec's WinFax Pro and
    Norton Utilities, but not any of their anti-virus or firewall stuff.

    I have seen references where there were problems with WIA and certain
    scanner and printer drivers. However, my scanner and printer work fine
    after the computer finally boots. Aslo, I have not updated any of their
    drivers.

    Does anyone have a suggestions how I might solve my slow boot problem?

    - David Harper


  2. #2
    Wesley Vogel Guest

    Re: XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting

    Stop and disable the WIA service in Services.msc.

    Set the WIA service back to Automatic or Manual and start it before you use
    your scanner.

    Downside is you will have a boatload of Event Source: DCOM Event ID: 10005
    errors in the Event Viewer.

    And I mean a boatload.

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    Hope this helps. Let us know.

    Wes
    MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

    In news:uU90nuvOFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
    David Harper <dharper@houston.rr.com> hunted and pecked:
    > I suddenly started experiencing a long delay when I boot my Win XP Pro
    > (SP2) machine . It is a Dell 3.0 Gig cpu, 1 Gig memory machine.
    >
    > For the past year, up until two days ago, it booted in about 1.5 minutes.
    > But the next and subsequent boots, it gets as far as showing the wallpaper
    > then hangs there for about 4 minutes. At this point there is nothing on
    > the screen except the wallpaper. At the end of the 4 minutes the taskbar
    > and desktop icons appear and the boot process continues normally. Once
    > it has completely booted everything appears to work normally.
    >
    > I examined the Event Log and found only one oddity. Early in the boot
    > process --about the time the wallpaper appears -- the log records this:
    > "The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service hung on starting." 4
    > minutes later the Event Log reports that the WIA service entered the
    > running state.
    >
    > The only recent system modifying events that I can recall are: 1) I
    > installed the latest JAVA runtime (JRE) from Sun. 2) Symantec's
    > LiveUpdate installed an updated LiveUpdate program. I have Symantec's
    > WinFax Pro and Norton Utilities, but not any of their anti-virus or
    > firewall stuff.
    >
    > I have seen references where there were problems with WIA and certain
    > scanner and printer drivers. However, my scanner and printer work fine
    > after the computer finally boots. Aslo, I have not updated any of their
    > drivers.
    >
    > Does anyone have a suggestions how I might solve my slow boot problem?
    >
    > - David Harper



  3. #3
    David Harper Guest

    Re: XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting

    "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
    news:uO1aL0vOFHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
    > Stop and disable the WIA service in Services.msc.
    >
    > Set the WIA service back to Automatic or Manual and start it before you
    > use
    > your scanner.
    >
    > Downside is you will have a boatload of Event Source: DCOM Event ID:
    > 10005
    > errors in the Event Viewer.
    >
    > And I mean a boatload.


    Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned in my original post I am having no
    problems with my scanner or printer. My only problem is the long boot time.
    The Event Log shows that the WIA service eventually starts. This occurs
    about 4 minutes after the event message that says it hug on starting.

    I am still trying to solve this problem.

    - David Harper

    > In news:uU90nuvOFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
    > David Harper <dharper@houston.rr.com> hunted and pecked:
    >> I suddenly started experiencing a long delay when I boot my Win XP Pro
    >> (SP2) machine . It is a Dell 3.0 Gig cpu, 1 Gig memory machine.
    >>
    >> For the past year, up until two days ago, it booted in about 1.5 minutes.
    >> But the next and subsequent boots, it gets as far as showing the
    >> wallpaper
    >> then hangs there for about 4 minutes. At this point there is nothing on
    >> the screen except the wallpaper. At the end of the 4 minutes the taskbar
    >> and desktop icons appear and the boot process continues normally. Once
    >> it has completely booted everything appears to work normally.
    >>
    >> I examined the Event Log and found only one oddity. Early in the boot
    >> process --about the time the wallpaper appears -- the log records this:
    >> "The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service hung on starting." 4
    >> minutes later the Event Log reports that the WIA service entered the
    >> running state.
    >>
    >> The only recent system modifying events that I can recall are: 1) I
    >> installed the latest JAVA runtime (JRE) from Sun. 2) Symantec's
    >> LiveUpdate installed an updated LiveUpdate program. I have Symantec's
    >> WinFax Pro and Norton Utilities, but not any of their anti-virus or
    >> firewall stuff.
    >>
    >> I have seen references where there were problems with WIA and certain
    >> scanner and printer drivers. However, my scanner and printer work fine
    >> after the computer finally boots. Aslo, I have not updated any of their
    >> drivers.
    >>
    >> Does anyone have a suggestions how I might solve my slow boot problem?
    >>
    >> - David Harper

    >



  4. #4
    Wesley Vogel Guest

    Re: XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting

    Have fun solving it. :-)

    --
    Hope this helps. Let us know.

    Wes
    MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

    In news:oG95e.38731$ij5.15276@tornado.texas.rr.com,
    David Harper <dharper@houston.rr.com> hunted and pecked:
    > "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
    > news:uO1aL0vOFHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
    >> Stop and disable the WIA service in Services.msc.
    >>
    >> Set the WIA service back to Automatic or Manual and start it before you
    >> use
    >> your scanner.
    >>
    >> Downside is you will have a boatload of Event Source: DCOM Event ID:
    >> 10005
    >> errors in the Event Viewer.
    >>
    >> And I mean a boatload.

    >
    > Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned in my original post I am having no
    > problems with my scanner or printer. My only problem is the long boot
    > time. The Event Log shows that the WIA service eventually starts. This
    > occurs about 4 minutes after the event message that says it hug on
    > starting.
    >
    > I am still trying to solve this problem.
    >
    > - David Harper
    >
    >> In news:uU90nuvOFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
    >> David Harper <dharper@houston.rr.com> hunted and pecked:
    >>> I suddenly started experiencing a long delay when I boot my Win XP Pro
    >>> (SP2) machine . It is a Dell 3.0 Gig cpu, 1 Gig memory machine.
    >>>
    >>> For the past year, up until two days ago, it booted in about 1.5
    >>> minutes. But the next and subsequent boots, it gets as far as showing
    >>> the wallpaper
    >>> then hangs there for about 4 minutes. At this point there is nothing on
    >>> the screen except the wallpaper. At the end of the 4 minutes the
    >>> taskbar and desktop icons appear and the boot process continues
    >>> normally. Once it has completely booted everything appears to work
    >>> normally.
    >>>
    >>> I examined the Event Log and found only one oddity. Early in the boot
    >>> process --about the time the wallpaper appears -- the log records this:
    >>> "The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service hung on starting." 4
    >>> minutes later the Event Log reports that the WIA service entered the
    >>> running state.
    >>>
    >>> The only recent system modifying events that I can recall are: 1) I
    >>> installed the latest JAVA runtime (JRE) from Sun. 2) Symantec's
    >>> LiveUpdate installed an updated LiveUpdate program. I have Symantec's
    >>> WinFax Pro and Norton Utilities, but not any of their anti-virus or
    >>> firewall stuff.
    >>>
    >>> I have seen references where there were problems with WIA and certain
    >>> scanner and printer drivers. However, my scanner and printer work fine
    >>> after the computer finally boots. Aslo, I have not updated any of their
    >>> drivers.
    >>>
    >>> Does anyone have a suggestions how I might solve my slow boot problem?
    >>>
    >>> - David Harper



  5. #5
    jazzman Guest

    Re: XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting


    Set WIA to manual in the administrator services... and all will be well
    :)


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  6. #6
    David Harper Guest

    Re: XP boot delay - WIA hangs on starting

    "jazzman" <jazzman.1o04ez@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com> wrote in message
    news:jazzman.1o04ez@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com...
    >
    > Set WIA to manual in the administrator services... and all will be well
    > :)


    My Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) was set to "Automatic". I changed it to
    "Manual" and rebooted. Still got the 4 minute delay, but this time WIA did
    not show up in the Event Log with an error.

    However.... I frequently use Internet Explorer's Address History down arrow
    to go to recently visited sites. The history list of URLs now take over 2
    minutes to drop down. This only happens the first time I try it. Subsequent
    times I try it, either in the same browser window, or a different one, it
    drops downs instantly, as usual.

    This was the result of changing WIA from "Automatic". To "Manual"! Changing
    it back to "Automatic" fixed the 2 minute delay in dropping down Explorer's
    Address History. How bizarre.

    I still have a 4 minute boot.

    - David


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