re: CD-ROM Keeps being detected after reboot, but it's already installed!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 11:46 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11773 messages posted)
jamiehalpin
Give this a try,see below,
Also download
Service Controller XP 2.2.61
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4313.html
It will let you turn off the Windows Installer
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Also run regedit and look at the RUN /RunOnce folder to see if it's set to run.
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Also download StartUp CPL to see if it's set to run.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4436
StartUp is an innovative start-up items editor, which allows you to identify, add,
edit, remove or disable items using an intuitive graphical user interface. Start-Up
is a small standalone executable, so you can easily take it with you! The embedded
help file explains everything you ever wanted to know about your computer's start-up!
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see below
"Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer"
This is for XP but it may work for win2k
I have not tried it out
http://dougknox.com/
Click "Win XP Fixes"
XP_CD-DVD-Fix.exe - Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer
© Doug Knox - 11/11/2002
http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/XP_CD-DVD-Fix.zip
Usage: Download XP_CD-DVD-Fix.zip and save this file to your hard drive. Navigate
to where yousaved it and double click the file to extract the contents.
Locate the EXE file you extracted anddouble click it.
A confirmation dialog will appear when the script is done. You may need to reboot
for the change to take effect.
This utility is only intended for Windows® XP. You may need Administrator level access
to use this utility.
If you do not have Administrator level access, the program will say it is finished,
but will not have made any changes.
Based on CDGONE.REG
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
This page last updated 08/17/2003 22:50
All material © Doug Knox
Good Luck
On Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 11:12 am, jamiehalpin wrote:
>I'm trying to fix an issue with a Windows 2000 sp4 PC with a standard CD-ROM drive.
>It should be simple, but it's driving me mad!
>
>The original problem was that the drive had vanished and was not detected. After
>much messing around I found a solution on MS knowledge base. It basically involved
>reinstalling media player 7 and removing some registry lines. The solution actually
>applied to removing ez cd creator and having the problem, but it worked for me also.
>
>So after restarting the PC, the CD-ROM is there, working, and everything looks good.
>But every time you restart and login the CD-ROM is detected again and the found
new
>hardware wizard pops up, even though it's there and working!! The event viewer mentions
>a file like cdr32.sys or similar not being loaded. I've tied deleting this file
and
>any registry entries for it.
>
>At this point I've tried everything I know. Disabling the new hardware when it asks
>for drivers (it's never seen in device manager btw) deleting all the files relating
>to it -redbook and some others. I know that Windows is messed up, now looking for
>files that don't exist and as a result going through the new hardware procedure
every
>time.
>
>Is there any way I can resolve this? Perhaps disabling the add new hardware wizard,
>stopping it from functioning perhaps? Anything, I'm desperate, help!! Thanks.
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