Hi,
My CD-ROM stopped working after I temporarily installed a DVD recordable and
then removed it. I suspect the driver for the latter is still active and
prevents the original CD-ROM from working (Device Manager says: Cannot load
the driver, without giving any specifics).

Where can I find CD-ROM driver loading entries in the registry?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"J.Smith" wrote:
| Hi,
| My CD-ROM stopped working after I temporarily installed a DVD recordable
and
| then removed it. I suspect the driver for the latter is still active and
| prevents the original CD-ROM from working (Device Manager says: Cannot
load
| the driver, without giving any specifics).
|
| Where can I find CD-ROM driver loading entries in the registry?
|
| Thanks a lot in advance!
|
|

Thanks, Dave, I have already done that (hence the "Cannot load" message).
DM does not enable me to fix the problem, I tried uninstalling and
re-installing the driver, no luck. After re-installing the cd-rom still has
the exclamation mark, DM still unable to load the driver. I would like to
know the line in the registry that is responsible for loading a cd-rom
device driver.

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.
>
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>
> Regards,

What error code?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"J.Smith" wrote:
| Thanks, Dave, I have already done that (hence the "Cannot load" message).
| DM does not enable me to fix the problem, I tried uninstalling and
| re-installing the driver, no luck. After re-installing the cd-rom still
has
| the exclamation mark, DM still unable to load the driver. I would like to
| know the line in the registry that is responsible for loading a cd-rom
| device driver.
|
| "Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| > Check Device Manager for error codes and or non-starting devices.
| >
| > --
| >
| > Regards,
|
|

> What error code?

"This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers
required for this device. (Code 31) "

That's what I see in DM.
Thx!

This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];270008

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"J.Smith" wrote:
| "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the
drivers
| required for this device. (Code 31) "
|
| That's what I see in DM.
| Thx!
|
|
|

Yep, that did the trick! (Removing UpperLimit, LowerLimit).
Who would have thought that it was a CD Creator issue! (Vs. a cd-rom driver)
I would have never guessed!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you also for demonstrating the use of MS support website.
I also did some digging in msdn, not by error code, however, which
is why I did not find the article myself.

Thank you for your time, Dave!

> This article may help.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];270008
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

You're welcome. Glad to hear it's resolved.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"J.Smith" wrote:
| Yep, that did the trick! (Removing UpperLimit, LowerLimit).
| Who would have thought that it was a CD Creator issue! (Vs. a cd-rom
driver)
| I would have never guessed!
|
| Thanks a lot!
|
| Thank you also for demonstrating the use of MS support website.
| I also did some digging in msdn, not by error code, however, which
| is why I did not find the article myself.
|
| Thank you for your time, Dave!