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Edw. Peach
I just had a strange problem with my computer tonight. I bought it
this past November, Windows XP Pro OS.
I first noticed the problem when I was trying to uninstall a game on
my computer. When I went into the Control Panel and clicked on
Add/Remove Software, no programs displayed.
So I restarted my computer.
After restarting it, I got a "New Hardware Found" (I didn't install
any new hardware) and a message popped up about a PCI Controller.
When I clicked on the tray icon, it said it could not find it. I have
no idea why this occurred as I wasn't doing anything before then that
would have anything to do with it..I was renaming files in Windows
Explorer.
After that, my CD player stopped working. When I put in a CD a
message came up that told me to insert a CD in the tray. ???
Next I ran my AV software and did a complete scan. Nothing.
Next step was a system restore, and that fixed the problem, as my CD
rom works properly. (BTW, I checked the hardware profile before the
restore, and it said my CD player was working properly.)
The system restore listed some renamed files, the original names:
URLMON.DLL
BROWSEUI.DLL
shlwapi.dll
WININET.DLL
I have no idea if any of these have anything to do with my problem,
but I thought I'd list them anyway.
What could have caused this problem? Should I do anything else at
this point?
this past November, Windows XP Pro OS.
I first noticed the problem when I was trying to uninstall a game on
my computer. When I went into the Control Panel and clicked on
Add/Remove Software, no programs displayed.
So I restarted my computer.
After restarting it, I got a "New Hardware Found" (I didn't install
any new hardware) and a message popped up about a PCI Controller.
When I clicked on the tray icon, it said it could not find it. I have
no idea why this occurred as I wasn't doing anything before then that
would have anything to do with it..I was renaming files in Windows
Explorer.
After that, my CD player stopped working. When I put in a CD a
message came up that told me to insert a CD in the tray. ???
Next I ran my AV software and did a complete scan. Nothing.
Next step was a system restore, and that fixed the problem, as my CD
rom works properly. (BTW, I checked the hardware profile before the
restore, and it said my CD player was working properly.)
The system restore listed some renamed files, the original names:
URLMON.DLL
BROWSEUI.DLL
shlwapi.dll
WININET.DLL
I have no idea if any of these have anything to do with my problem,
but I thought I'd list them anyway.
What could have caused this problem? Should I do anything else at
this point?