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Posted 6/7/2009 2:01 PM
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Hi,

after doing some anti virus scans, my pc would not connect  to the internet, however my laptop still connects. Think some settings have accidently got changed. Then, panic, no d: drive listed in My Computer. Device Manager shows both cd/dvd roms and shows drivers loaded but cannot find the hardware devices.

Can anyone help?

Greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Golumb

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Posted 6/7/2009 2:59 PM


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Hi golumb1

Did you uninstall the drivers for the CD drive in Device Manager & reboot the computer?
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Posted 6/7/2009 4:39 PM


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Also try this:
Copy and paste ALL the following text in the code box below into Notepad.
Click on File(in the menu at the top)>Save as../Save as Type: 'All Files' /File name: fix.reg to your desktop.
Then double click on the fix.reg file on your desktopand agree to merge the information into the registry,then restart your pc.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"allocatedasd"="2"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdr4_2K]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdralw2k]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdudf]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UdfReadr]


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Posted 6/7/2009 4:55 PM
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Hi Chilly,

do you want me to uninstall the drivers and reboot?

In Device Manager the drivers are there, it just can't find the device.

Can you confirm you want me to uninstall the drivers?

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Golumb

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Posted 6/8/2009 2:50 PM


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Can you confirm you want me to uninstall the drivers?


Yes. Uninstall the drivers then restart the computer. Did you see RichieUK's post?
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