Re: Anyone else seeing crashes with CDs and DVDs burned with UDF?

Today Gerry Cornell spoke these views with conviction for
everyone's edification:

> Whilst trying to track down the meaning of the error
> messages I found this posting in Google which is worth a
> try.
>
> To determine what driver is causing the problem I
> need you to enable driver verifier.
> Steps:
> 1) Windows Key + R
> 2) Type in 'verifier' and hit enter
> 3) Make sure 'Create Standard Setting' is selected and hit
> next 4) Click on 'Select all drivers installed on this
> computer' and hit Finish
> 5) Reboot
>
> There is a possibility that your computer will crash on
> reboot. If this occurs hit F8 when rebooting just before
> the windows logo screen and select
> the safe mode boot option. Follow the same steps above but
> on step 4 choose
> 'Select driver names from a list'; hit next; check the box
> next to any driver where the provider is not Microsoft; hit
> Finish; reboot.

How do I turn the verifier back "OFF"? I don't want to try
this and render my PC unusable if there's a remote possibility
it may crash on a re-start.
>
> This will slow the performance of you computer a little
> while enabled but
> will hopefully catch the driver causing corruption. Next
> time you crash
> the blue screen will hopefully say something like
> "DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION". If this occurs
> please send the corresponding minidump (by default it is at
> c:\windows\Minidump ) my way.
> If you have any questions or I didn't explain something
> well enough don't
> hesitate to e-mail me (remove "online") back. Good Luck,

Thanks for offering to help me with this privately. After I
understand what the verifier does and does not do and how to
turn it on and off, I'll give it a go.

>
> Joshua Smith
> OpenGL Test Lab
> Microsoft
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