Changer Service Defaults in Windows XP

Default Settings

Startup type: System
Display name:Changer
Service name:Changer
Service type:kernel
Error control:ignore
Group:Filter
Registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Changer

Default Behavior

Changer is a kernel device driver. In Windows XP it is starting right at Kernel initialization. If the Changer fails to load or initialize, Windows XP start up proceeds without error messages, but information about the failure is being written into Event Log.

Restore Default Startup Configuration of Changer

1. Run the Command Prompt.

2. Copy the commands below, paste them into the command window and press ENTER:

sc config Changer start= system
sc start Changer

3. Close the command window and restart the computer.