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The curse of ssrtln.sys

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For a while now one of my PC's has been playing up, something chuntering away using 50%+ of CPU despite no applications running, hanging and sometimes the dreaded BSOD. GRRRR!

No virus, Trojon, malware or spyware I could find.

Eventually tracked it down to a happy combination of some Windows XP upgrades (making it more Vista ish) and the inner workings of Roxio DVD/CD burning software in the shape of their Sonic DLA offering.

So what did they say?

If you do not use DLA, then you may want just disable the application as follows:

Go to Start-->Run
Type in "msconfig" and hit "OK"
The System Configuration Utility window will pop up.
Select the Startup tab
Under the Startup Item column, locate "tfswctrl.exe", uncheck it, and then click "Apply".
Close the System Configuration Utility and choose to restart the PC


http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/DLA/000001DL?set-locale=en

Oh right. So do not bother trying to make it work then.

Anyway, killed off tfswctrl.exe at Startup, ran System Mechanic and lo, normal service restored.
 
If you need functionlity similar to Roxio DLA, take a look at a freeware utility called "Daemon Tools".
 
My daughters Dell laptop running XP crashed horribly the other day, and when rebooted it went straight into a Microsoft error reporting tool thing that told me what the problem was and provided a link to the Roxia DLA fix.
I have to say I was quite impressed!

She also had the Windows update problem that was going around a few wks ago where it was continously scanning for updates and using 100% of the CPU. I'm always amazed at how random these things are - we have 3 other XP laptops in the house, all set up the same, and only her's was affected.
 
If you need functionlity similar to Roxio DLA, take a look at a freeware utility called "Daemon Tools".


Arrrggghh ... watch out for the spyware that now comes bundled with Daemon tools.
 

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