"Martin L. Drury Jr." <mdrury@ads-corp.com> wrote: > Last night after I got home from work, I checked my Dell Laptop (which came > with ME preinstalled) and it too is running the ssdpsrv. The only things > I've installed on it since I purchased it are Office 2000, IE6, and the > software/support drivers for my digital camera. All of which I don't think > would have turned it on (although I could be wrong). Actually, I'd say the digital camera may be a more likely suspect than you suggest (though you connected it directly to the laptop via a USB or FireWire cable, not a network connection, right?)... > After reading up on UPnP though, I think the triggering item might be Home > Networking, or whatever it's called in ME. I don't personally recall > turning it on, as my laptop automagically selected all the proper settings > for my ISP (which was kinda nice, and scary at the same time). The > knowledge base article seems to suggest that UPnP is not turned on by > default, but it's possible some OEMs might have it enabled. Indeed. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q262/4/58.ASP is interesting, but you should also look at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/plan/insidenet/sohonet/upnpsup.asp which rather firmly implicates the SOHO networking side of things. Regards, Nick FitzGerald
