'Directcd' will cause windows to become unstable....How do I get rid of it...Neither Roxio, Adaptec,

[Ralph Malph]

'Directcd' will cause windows to become unstable....How do I get rid
of it...Neither Roxio, Adaptec, or Take Two was ever installed ?

Searched the registry and can't find ANY refernce to DirectCD or
Roxio, or Take Two or Adaptec etc.

Thanks for any help you can give

Ralph Malph

 

[PA Bear]

What are you doing when you get this prompt?
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[Ralph Malph]

Thanks for answering, this error occurs at boot up. It shows up as an
error message in the bottom right task bar tray. I am running Windows
XP Pro. After clicking OK the error disapears and everything works
fine.

Ralph Malph

 

[PA Bear]

I'd wanna...

Check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles & CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Run in this order:

1. CWShredder (fix all)

2. Ad-Aware (fix all)

3. Spybot (generally, fix all in red)

Important: You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each
and every use, even "right out of the box". But even they can't catch
everything, 24/7. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**

[Alternate download pages for many of the above tools may be found at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Ralph,

In addition:

I see that you've not installed any Roxio products, but still give this solution a try.

Go here: http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Download the REG patch "Restore Missing CD Drive" (Search keyword "CDGONE")

This patch removes the Roxio filter driver references from the registry and solves the problem.

[More Information]
CD Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable" Error Message When You Start Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315345

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Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp


Thanks for answering, this error occurs at boot up. It shows up as an
error message in the bottom right task bar tray. I am running Windows
XP Pro. After clicking OK the error disapears and everything works
fine.

Ralph Malph

 

[PA Bear]

Nice catch!

Ralph,

In addition:

I see that you've not installed any Roxio products, but still give this
solution a try.

Go here: http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Download the REG patch "Restore Missing CD Drive" (Search keyword
"CDGONE")

This patch removes the Roxio filter driver references from the registry
and solves the problem.

[More Information]
CD Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable" Error
Message When You Start Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315345

What are you doing when you get this prompt?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Thanks, Robear

--
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Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp


Nice catch!

Ralph,

In addition:

I see that you've not installed any Roxio products, but still give this
solution a try.

Go here: http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
Download the REG patch "Restore Missing CD Drive" (Search keyword
"CDGONE")

This patch removes the Roxio filter driver references from the registry
and solves the problem.

[More Information]
CD Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable" Error
Message When You Start Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315345

What are you doing when you get this prompt?

 

[Alex Nichol]

'Directcd' will cause windows to become unstable....How do I get rid
of it...Neither Roxio, Adaptec, or Take Two was ever installed ?

Someone must have installed *something* that resulted in one of its
'driver' style files being around, leaving an orphaned registry entry.
To tidy up, get a registry patch file, cdgone.reg, from
www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip, extract it, r-click on it and merge
it into the registry

You will then need to reinstall any burning software that you *do* use.

 

[Ralph Malph]

Ramesh,

That not only fixed the DirectCD problem but also solved a DVD lockup
problem on my Laptop and a different customers newly built desktop
(see XP Hardware newsgroup for my description of that problem) FYI As
stated before with the DVD lockup after I ran the CDGONE fix I had no
more DVD lockup, but when I re-installed NERO which was what came
with the CDRW on the desktop and DVD-R/RW on the laptop, the lock up
returned. From what I gathered about the CDGONE fix you are supposed
to have to re-install your burning software after running it, but
after finding out that, that would bring back the lockup error I chose
to not re-install it and after testing I found it still worked AOK.

Again thanks for your help !!!!!!!!!!!!

Ralph Malph

 

[Ralph Malph]

Alex,

That I found will fix it, and it fixed a DVD lockup problem on two
other unrelated systems, and I did not have to reload the Burning
software to get it to work. In fact if I did, then the DVD lockup
problem would return, See my other replys to this message addressed to
Ramesh.

Thanks for your help,

Ralph Malph

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Glad that helped, Ralph. Thanks for the feedback.

--
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Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and It Variants:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp


Ramesh,

That not only fixed the DirectCD problem but also solved a DVD lockup
problem on my Laptop and a different customers newly built desktop
(see XP Hardware newsgroup for my description of that problem) FYI As
stated before with the DVD lockup after I ran the CDGONE fix I had no
more DVD lockup, but when I re-installed NERO which was what came
with the CDRW on the desktop and DVD-R/RW on the laptop, the lock up
returned. From what I gathered about the CDGONE fix you are supposed
to have to re-install your burning software after running it, but
after finding out that, that would bring back the lockup error I chose
to not re-install it and after testing I found it still worked AOK.

Again thanks for your help !!!!!!!!!!!!

Ralph Malph