Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
the add remove hardware wizard in W2K was better I think, XP is only ADD. fp At 08:59 AM 4/20/2007, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: >At 10:25 AM 20/04/2007, Al Anger wrote: > >>"j m g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices? >> >>http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/tips.html#TRUE_UNINSTALL >Leave it to MS to have an option "Show Hidden Devices" that doesn't work >unless you do a bunch of other stuff. And I don't like the way they grey the >devices out - on a lot of displays, it's hard to tell the difference. > >T -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Morbid: The next higher offer at an auction.
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
At 10:25 AM 20/04/2007, Al Anger wrote: "j m g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices? http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/tips.html#TRUE_UNINSTALL Leave it to MS to have an option "Show Hidden Devices" that doesn't work unless you do a bunch of other stuff. And I don't like the way they grey the devices out - on a lot of displays, it's hard to tell the difference. T
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
I've been using a reg file to do this for years fp At 06:25 AM 4/20/2007, Al Anger Poked the stick with: >"j m g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices? > >http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/tips.html#TRUE_UNINSTALL > >hth, >al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The plural of spouse is spice.
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
Great info, Thanks Al. Best, Duncan At 09:25 04/20/2007 -0400, you wrote: snip > How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices? http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/tips.html#TRUE_UNINSTALL hth, al snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
"j m g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices? http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/tips.html#TRUE_UNINSTALL hth, al
Re: Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
Thanks folks, - I'll try the reg keys.
Has stopped showing up everywhere - not in device manager at all, since it's
the 1 drive I don't even have a section for CD/DVD's, not in Storage device
under Computer management, doesn't pop when I do add/remove hardware, etc.
And it's a box thats been running fine since the fall with WinXP SP2.
Haven't cracked the case recently, other than XP updates, firefox updates
not a whole lot of software changes either.
If I reinstall XP on the same primary drive and just specify a different
directory do any registry setting get pulled over to the new install?
How/where would I check for those ghost/phantom devices?
Thanks Again.
On 4/19/07, Julian Zottl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've run into this problem before. I use to encrypt my Temp directories.
While applying various M$ patches, the files became corrupted and/or
unreadable. If this is the case for you, you have to find all of the
encrupted files in the $windir and replace them with non-encrypted versions.
Hope that helps!
Julian
-Original Message-
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent 4/19/2007 2:01:16 PM
To: "The Hardware List"
Subject: X-SPAM Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
At 02:26 PM 19/04/2007, j m g wrote:
>Folks,
>My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Shows up in
>the bios, I can boot to cd/dvd's - I've even reinstalled WinXP to a
>different directory via cd on the same drive, but on booting to that
>install - still no DVD drive.
It's not these two keys is it?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-
T
--
-jmg
-sapere aude
Re: Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
I've run into this problem before. I use to encrypt my Temp directories. While applying various M$ patches, the files became corrupted and/or unreadable. If this is the case for you, you have to find all of the encrupted files in the $windir and replace them with non-encrypted versions.Hope that helps!Julian-Original Message-From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent 4/19/2007 2:01:16 PMTo: "The Hardware List" Subject: X-SPAM Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXPAt 02:26 PM 19/04/2007, j m g wrote:>Folks,>My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Shows up in >the bios, I can boot to cd/dvd's - I've even reinstalled WinXP to a >different directory via cd on the same drive, but on booting to that >install - still no DVD drive.It's not these two keys is it?Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]"UpperFilters"=-"LowerFilters"=-T
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
At 02:26 PM 19/04/2007, j m g wrote:
Folks,
My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Shows up in
the bios, I can boot to cd/dvd's - I've even reinstalled WinXP to a
different directory via cd on the same drive, but on booting to that
install - still no DVD drive.
It's not these two keys is it?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-
T
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
Has it ever been listed in Windows Explorer? Could this be a SP2 issue? SP2 does not recognize many relatively new drives, even though they will work fine with other software. Jeff Subject: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP Folks, My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Shows up in the bios, I can boot to cd/dvd's - I've even reinstalled WinXP to a different directory via cd on the same drive, but on booting to that install - still no DVD drive. I tried flashing the firmware with NEC's official .exe - could not find it in WinXP. Any idea's? Thanks. -- -jmg -sapere aude
Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP
"j m g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. > Any idea's? Thanks. Start with the basics: Is it in device manager, disabled? Search for new hardware? Ghost/phantom devices? hth, al
