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Plug and play dissapeared

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Plug and play dissapeared

Jun 29th, 2004

Currently running windows XP with service pack 1. I had previously disabled plug and play through msconfig becuase the computer would freeze on start up with plug and play enabled. Now after I think I have finally solved the problem I go back into msconfig to re-enable it and its gone. No joke. It is completely off of the list. The hide microsoft services box is unchecked. Does anyone know whats going on ?

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Re: Plug and play dissapeared

Jun 29th, 2004

Try going into Start menu->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services. Find the Plug and Play service, start it, and set the startup type to Automatic.

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Re: Plug and play dissapeared

Jun 29th, 2004

Thanks DMR i'll try that right now

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Re: Plug and play dissapeared

Jun 29th, 2004

Thanks that did work but after enabling it again i got back my old problems that I thought I had fixed *sigh* lol thanks anyways guys I'll try and sort this one out myself. Be back in the posts in a few days !