XP CD-ROM drivers corrupt?

[Antony]

Welcome back Erdiko.

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[mmashrubb]

thanks erdiko. don't know how youcame up with that solution but it worked perfect. Just what I need to do after spending 10 hrs reformatting and reloading my laptop is to start over you solved my last problem and made my day.

Again THANKS

Max

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[CattOfTheGarage]

Was really not keen to try this, as the Registry is an Enormous Black Hole where Bad Things Happen to the Unprepared. However, did not fancy reinstalling either, as the computer is second-hand with an OEM install and no disks. So I took a deep breath, and tried it.

Worked like a dream. I don't understand a word of it, think it's probably witchcraft, but hey, you can't argue with success!

Thanks a million.

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[bmt2129]

Thanks for leaving this topic online. I spent about 3 hours trying to fix this issue, including buying a SATA DVD drive (to replace what apparently is a working IDE DVD drive) before finding this article. checking HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318] and finding an upperfilters entry of GEARAspiWDM and removing it fixed the problem. This value was left over from itunes after I uninstalled it on a Windows XP PC. I removed the program because I get tired of apple update services running every time I reboot. I guess this is what happens when apple tries to make their junk work on a PC...

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[PaulD]

"I removed the program because I get tired of apple update services running every time I reboot."

There are primarily three locations that can start a program or application 'automatically' when booting:
1 - the Programs menu > Startup
2 and 3 - both in the Registry: HKCU and HKLM (Current User and Local Machine)
For both, follow this path -
HKCU or HKLM > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Run

In HLKM there may be several Run-prefixed keys; check all, although usually only Run has content of interest.
Just Delete any unwanted entry. But caution - if you don't know what a line is, research it first.
Legitimate applications use these Run keys. Apple shows up here in HKLM.

There are other Registry entries also that start services. See write-ups on various Malware to discover how clever the bad guys are when cloaking their mischief under legitimate Windows functionality.

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