Re: DVD drive not reading sometimes after SP3

Boot to Safe Mode (f8 on restart) and log on as the default "Administrator" account.
Locate and click the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider On the Edit menu, click Permissions . Click the registry key for the user that is currently logged on and ensure that Read and Full Control are both set to Allow .

Click the Advanced button, ensure that the user that is currently logged on is selected, that Full Control is listed in the Permissions column, and that This Key and Subkeys is listed in the Apply to column. Click to select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects check box. Click Apply , and then click Yes when you receive a prompt to continue. Click OK , and then click OK again

Do the same for the other users.
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"32bitcal" <32bitcal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9B67F443-062E-4EC6-AB13-7AE7FDCF1D97@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sometimes I find that my DVD drive doesn't want to recognize a disk that's
inserted, or it suddenly doesn't realize that the same disk that's been in
the drive for a week is still in the drive.

For example:

Tueday night I get home form work at 12:30am. I do a few things around the
house, then played Diablo 2 till about 3:30am with no issues. While I was at
work, my computer was being used by a friend from 3pm till 11pm. No issues
there either even after being left on almost all day...

Wednesday morning I boot up the computer, check email, get peer pressured
into buying a Wii, come home to play Diablo 2 again, but I get a message to
insert the disk yet its been in the drive for almost a week..?

There are no issues in device manager, I double checked for windows updates
and there are none since reloading the computer 2 weeks ago, removed the
drive from device manager and re-installed, search for an hour on the web for
others with the same issues and still no luck.

It doesn't mater what type of disk I insert; Windows XP, music CD, DVD
movie, game cd/dvd's... the drive spins and shows activity according to the
light on the front as if its about to pull up the autoplay menu.. but nothing
happens.
Under My Computer the drive looks empty as I can't access it.

If I reboot several times, hop on one foot, do the truffle shuffle and give
the secret handshake, it starts working again... till it decides to do this
again.

Even as a computer tech back when XP first came out, till just before the
age of Duo Core processors I've had this problem on and off maybe once a year
on totally different computers. The only common factor being XP Home edition.

Once a year I can live with, but 5 times a week as often as 3 times a day is
a little much...

I can't see this being hardware related as I've swapping the drive,
reloading windows, ect...


Since Service pack 3, I'm getting it sometimes daily...

So is this a Windows XP or Service Pack 3 issue??
Any ideas?

I just reloaded this computer on sunday, so I really doubt its a virus,
spyware, driver corruption, ect...

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