... I've assumed that the problem was the CD activating when double clicking the HD icon (bit like a telegram tho). DerekW

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Yeah - that was the first part, and unusual, sure. Maybe a rollback will fix it, maybe not. Telegraphic indeed - some folks post as if they're paying by the word (then there's 'that guy' who seems to be getting paid by the word) I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.

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What? Someones getting paid by the word? You got me chortling.

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"Someones getting paid by the word?" Go to the hardware forum, scroll down & look for a thread with 120+ replies...you'll see. ;-)

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BwaHaHaHa! SNAP!

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The problem showed up a bit more than three months ago.

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Then scanreg /restore won't be much use to you because MS only produce 5 backup registries, one on each new boot day. You could try scanreg /fix but I'm rather less hopeful of this (that's assuming it's a registry problem anyway). Worth a go tho. DerekW

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Yeah - 'that guy' - name is something lke a root vegetable ('tuber'? - but longer) I see this has just zipped along - to a grinding halt. The telegraph office must've closed(?) More information might help in determing a course of action (but I'm not holding my breath) I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.

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What information do you want?

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Did you try scanreg /fix? DerekW

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"What information do you want?" A sign of life wouldn't hurt - these terse one line responses seem more indicative of machine intelligence than the human variety It's *your* machine - anything you can tell us about your current problem, or what you may believe has caused it or has led up to it, what you have tried so far, etc etc etc When posts begin to get this long with no progress, it's usually a sign of a dead bulb at one end or the other I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.

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As stated in my first post:When I double click on my hard drive icon it activates my CD. I have had this problem for more than three months. I have no idea what caused this problem. Hence my post here. I have tried reg clean, re installing windows 98, scanreg /fix, Norton utilities, PC Doctor, PC Pitstop.

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I assume you mean the C icon in My Computer. When you right click the icon does it show the usual C drive space used info and and tools tab? If you go to Windows Explorer and click the C root there, does this also activate your CD? Depending in on your answers then all I can suggest is a shortcut to the C drive in Windows Explorer as a workaround, or reformat/re-install (assuming this is not what you have already done). There might be some registry entries for the icon in My Computer but if so I've no idea where they are. If I get time I'll have a search around. DerekW

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I assume you mean the C icon in My Computer. When you right click the icon does it show the usual C drive space used info and and tools tab? * Yes, it does. If you go to Windows Explorer and click the C root there, does this also activate your CD? No, it does not activate my CD. A shortcut to the C drive in Windows Explorer as a workaround did not work. I have tried reinstalling Win 98SE. I am not ready to reformat just yet.

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This is weird. When you say the shortcut workaround didn't work do you mean nothing happened at all, it went to the CD drive again, or something else? DerekW

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It went to the CD drive again.

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Never run into this one and couldn't find anything useful in the registry (although I suspect it is a registry screw-up). I can't think of any fix except reformat re-install, so maybe someone else will have some ideas. DerekW

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Thanks for trying!

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