How does the patch work? I clicked on the link and got
this. What do i do with it?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="CDROM"
@="DVD/CD-ROM drives"
"EnumPropPages32"="MmSys.Cpl,MediaPropPageProvider"
"Installer32"="storprop.dll,DvdClassInstaller"
"SilentInstall"="1"
"NoInstallClass"="1"
"TroubleShooter-0"="tshoot.chm,hdw_drives.htm"
"Icon"="-51"
"LowerFilters"=hex(7):63,00,64,00,72,00,34,00,5f,00,32,00,4b,00,00,00,00,00
"UpperFilters"=hex(7):70,00,77,00,64,00,5f,00,32,00,4b,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
Ohrbit wrote:
>
> Hi Shel
> its a well known issue when you have just uninstalled certain cd burner
> software like roxio/apdatec
> winonCD
> The remedy involves deleting some left over registry "Filter" entries with
> "regedt32" under Windows 2000 or XP.
> Then Windows should find your CDRoms after a restart, you diont need to
> install any drivers. You can also try patch from adaptec:
>
> ***look under
> http://www.adaptec.com/support/downloads/fix_uninst_ecdc_w2k.reg for a
> patch...
> or search for "lost cdrom" for ex. on www.Google.com
>
> Your drives are definitly not defective, its a software problem.
>
> ***taken from WinFAQ R 6.2 (www.winfaq.de), C 1996/2004 by Frank Ullrich
>
> greetings from Switzerland
> Markus Maurer
>
> -
> My computer no longer recognizes the CD reader/player or
> the CD burner drives.
> I don't know what the drivers are, so I can't find them on
> installation software and reload them.