Re: Disable "Plug and Play"?

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:53:39 GMT

Don't disable plug and play service however you can disable the "universal plug and
play service" which is like a plug and play for the network. I disable it and also
disable the related ssdp discovery service. --- Steve

"Franky" <franklin_lo@mail.com> wrote in message news:954BAD349BD2A31E75@127.0.0.1...
>I quite like the idea of Plug and Play where I can put in some new
> hardware and XP will discover what it is and offer to install the
> right drivers.
>
> This seems to work on my system even though in Local Component
> Services I have got "Universal Plug and Play Device Host" set to be
> disabled.
>
> Am I confusing two different things?
>
> Should I disable or enable it?
>
> And what about the warnings in http://grc.com/UnPnP/UnPnP.htm. Are
> these warning still valid? If so then what should or should not be
> running?

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  • Re: Disable "Plug and Play"?
    ... Don't disable plug and play service however you can disable the "universal plug and ... play service" which is like a plug and play for the network. ... disable the related ssdp discovery service. ...
    (comp.security.misc)
  • Re: Disable "Plug and Play"?
    ... Don't disable plug and play service however you can disable the "universal plug and ... play service" which is like a plug and play for the network. ... disable the related ssdp discovery service. ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • Re: iis ftp will not start
    ... the .reg file you imported - is it the same OS, ... not sure why you get the plug and play services error, ... plug and play service is running as well. ... the same error when opening the plug and play service properties as ...
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  • Re: Empty Harware device manager list
    ... Set the Plug and Play service back to Automatic. ... Click the Advanced button at the bottom of the window. ... update site or by the installation software for it, ...
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