Re: CD/RW & DVD Drives not responding

Yes, both the CD-RW and DVD drives worked perfectly prior to installing 30+
Windows updates (old (2003) copy of XP).
BTW, as part of the Update "package", I installed the High Mat CD update.
After discovering that the drives didn't work, I uninstalled it.
"AmericanTechie" <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OHl0mLX9FHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Lorne wrote:
>> Thanks for the quick response.
>> No Upperfilters or Lowerfilters values present in the referenced key
>> (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318})
>>
>> I should also point out that this is now a dual-boot ME & XP system. Did
>> a clean install on a new system partition.
>>
>> EZCD Creator not present on XP drive as of yet.
>>
>> "AmericanTechie" <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:um8Mc2W9FHA.3908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Lorne wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have recently upgraded to XP from ME. Worked fine prior to installing
>>>>all Windows Updates outstanding. Now, both optical drives no longer
>>>>work. When I insert ANY CD (programs, data or music), same result:
>>>>Drive spins for a few seconds and stops
>>>>No CD icon next to cursor
>>>>Navigate to drive in Windows Explorer, shows drive letters, no file
>>>>information
>>>>Right click, no dialog box, Explorer hangs and have to force re-boot
>>>>with a power off shutdown.
>>>>Drives:
>>>>Show in Windows Explorer
>>>>Don't know if burning works, playing/running does not. No burning
>>>>software installed yet. (Can't CD drives don't work)
>>>>Have performed the following:
>>>>(1)Uninstalled both drives through Device Manager.
>>>>(2)Re-installed both drives after re-boot. No driver installation
>>>>problems. Reads all hardware details fine.
>>>>(3)Reset Services| Shell Hardware Detection to Automatic. (Path to
>>>>executable: D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs)
>>>>(4) Downloaded and ran "autorunenable.reg", "XP_CD-DVD-Fix.exe",
>>>>"AutoFix.exe." (from Kellys-Korner.com and dougknox.com)
>>>>Still no change. I have numerous programs to re-install and am SEVERELY
>>>>stuck.
>>>>Any help/ideas greatly appreciated.
>>>>Lorne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Old Versions of EZ CD Creator from Roxio has caused this type of thing to
>>>happen. Check your Add/Remove programs to see if it is listed. If it
>>>is, then it should have been removed before installation.
>>>
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060
>>>
>>>This article is related to the problem but it requires going into the
>>>registry. I am not sure if a better fix has been found by now as this is
>>>a pretty old problem. Otherwise get back to us if this is not the case.
>>>
>>>--
>>>http://www.americantechie.com
>>
>>
>>
>
> Oops, I guess I should have read your post a little closer. I did not
> catch the part where you said you have no burning software installed yet.
> So you did a clean install of XP to a different partition. I also notice
> you mentioned everything worked fine prior to installing Windows updates.
> Does this mean the CD drives worked before you ran the updates, or are you
> unsure of this? Also, what changes did you make?
>
> --
> http://www.americantechie.com


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