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XP not recognizing cd/dvd RW

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Name: denil
Date: August 22, 2005 at 18:38:03 Pacific
OS: XP Home
CPU/Ram: 1g of ram
Comment:

I instatlled Gear Pro for recording. I did not like it so uninstalled it. Now, XP does not recognize the cd and dvd players. I get the following message.
Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
I reinstalled the drivers, but it still does not recognize the players. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!!!




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Name: per
Date: August 22, 2005 at 19:22:55 Pacific
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Try this.
If you are comfortable editing the registry:
Create a Restore point and back up the registry.Open regedit.
Look for;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\SetControlClass.
Key name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data:[Delete all value data from upper and lower filters]
Note-Do not delete the key or the multi-string values. Delete only the data values.
Exit regedit and reboot.


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Name: new_at_this
Date: August 23, 2005 at 13:13:08 Pacific
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does a system restore reset the registry?


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Response Number 3
Name: new_at_this
Date: August 23, 2005 at 13:13:41 Pacific
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does a system restore reset the registry?...if so, then it would a little less complex then messing up the registry


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