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[Ultimate Predator]

For some unknown reason, my CD/DVD player on my PC won't play anything. Not a thing. None of my DVD/CD playing programs pick up anything, except if I put a disc in, under My Computer it just says CR Rom or DVD Rom, but I can't explore anything says there is nothing there. Nothing works. I've tried updating the driver, says there isn't anything better then what I've got, troubleshoot hasn't helped me, can't roll back (no older drivers), nothing. I was thinking of unplugging it and re-pluggin it, but I'm not sure? Any help?

[Andavari]

Are you perhaps missing the information in the registry, it would be located at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet

and/or perhaps here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003

I had a problem on my previous XP install (luckily on the floppy drive disappeared) due to something removing what was listed in CurrentControlSet, ControlSet001, and ControlSet003,

[Ultimate Predator]

What should I be looking for exactly? Do you have these registry keys that you can send to me for me to add to my system? O

Or do you think umplugging the drive, switching on my PC, switching off my PC, and then re-plug the drive back in to my PC...?

[Andavari]

Search for cd, cdrom, dvd when you have the CurrentControlSet selected, actually all system drives should be located in them.

Another possibility, albeit I've never tried it and don't gaurantee any results whatsoever:
1. Look for "cdrom.inf" in C:\Windows\Inf
2. Now rather right clicking and selecting install would fix your problem I have no ideal.

If you do fix it I'd recommend exporting all areas listed below for backup purposes (zip them they'll be rather large .reg files), it's just in case devices are removed from the registry that shouldn't be:
* HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
* ... and anything else listed in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" that has ControlSet in the name, such as ControlSet002, ControlSet004, etc.

[Ultimate Predator]

Will give it a go, thanks for your help.

[Ultimate Predator]

Right, I've found cdrom.PNF, and no option to install when right-clicked...

[Andavari]

Note cdrom.pnf it's cdrom.inf

[Ultimate Predator]

Found it, installed it, but no help unfortuantly.

Do you think umplugging the drive, switching on my PC, switching off my PC, and then re-plug the drive back in to my PC will work?

Also my foppy drive is acting up, says al the floppys I put in there are unformatted, when they are....

[Eldmannen]

Sony Rootkit is well-known for making the CD/DVD not work on Windows. You sure you never had that?

You sure the CD lense is clean?

[Ultimate Predator]

I'll check about the rootkit, but its clean....

[Andavari]

I don't really know for sure how to fix it. One of the reasons along with some other annoying problems is why I formatted and reinstalled everything a couple of months ago when my floppy drive completely disappeared and nothing I did could make it appear again on that old install of XP. The problem you're having may need a computer technician such as DjLizard.

[Ultimate Predator]

Hmm. I think I'll re-plug, Eldmannen I found 3 registry entries eneding with sony rootkit, what do you suggest?

[rridgely]

Do you have MS antispy installed? If you dont install it and it will remove it.

[Ultimate Predator]

I have it, and I have already scanned iwht it in safe mode... Maybe its some left over parts, I'll delete them manually, I found them via regseeker....

[rridgely]

Make back ups!

[Ultimate Predator]

Of sony rootkit? RegSeeker does that automatically...

[Andavari]

1. Download and save the file customblocking.txt (it's attached to this post) into the SpywareBlaster installed folder.
2. Launch SpywareBlaster.
3. Click Tools > Custom Blocking.
4. Select Sony DRM Rootkit.
5. Click Protect Against Checked Items.
Now SpywareBlaster "will/should" automatically block it.

The credits for this info go to whomever posted them in the now deleted thread about the Sony BMG Rootkit, I don't remember who posted it.

Download SpywareBlaster customblocking.txt:
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[Andavari]

While trying to figure out a way to automate cd-rw erasing for usage with my backup batch file I found this:

cdgone.zip from http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php. It's under the heading “My CD drives have vanished (from Explorer, Device Manager, etc.)”

[Ultimate Predator]

Thanks, could you give me a link to spyware blaster, and thats real-time protection isn't it? I'm not sure whether I want that, I only want to use on-demand anti-spyware scanners now....

[Ultimate Predator]

And I'm checking that cdgone.zip patch....