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whenever my cd/dvd writer or my cd rom spins up to read somthing it slows the whole pc down, even after accesing my drives the PC is slow, and when i come to shutdown the PC will not shut down and claims there is somthing still running although there are no programs in the taskbar!!!! the message it eventually brings up is this

tfsctrl.exe is still running

it gives me the optoopn to END NOw but it wont end it and therefore i have to hit the reset switch!!!

Anyone help with this one

Try downloading and running both of these Trojan and Spyware detectors / removers:


I think these will fix you up.
Remember to update both and read their Help files.
brad

thanks for the advice, and i tried them but its still happening!! any other possibilities, could it be a fault with the drive

Try this: Start Button / Run / Type in msconfig / Click Enter / Select the Startup Tab / See if "tfsctrl" is in there. If so, "uncheck" it and reboot your computer. See if that solves your computer. Post back.
brad

Tfscwctrl.exe is for Hewlett-Packard’s DLA software (Drive Letter Assignment).
This is a background task for HP’s DLA that gets installed when you installed the software that comes with their CD/DVD Writers. HP’s DLA is packet writing software which enables you to store data onto CDs directly from within Windows applications, without using the actual CD Writing software (much like Roxio’s DirectCD. Many users have reported shutdown problems caused by TFSWCTRL "not responding". In all cases, since they were never using the DLA software and were instead using the CD Writing software to create their CDs, they simply uninstalled HP’s DLA and that solved all their problems with Tfscwctrl.exe

thats the answer!!!! also i have changed the disc i was accesing and it seems ok now , wether it was a dogy disc or not i sont know!! thanks for the help guys AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!