For those of you who haven't installed Easy CD from Roxio, DON'T!  Go get the latest version of Nero Burning ROM at www.nero.com.

>Hi
>
>I copied this from the Langa List at www.langa.com
>
>hope this helps
>
>TTYL
>Gordon
>
>Lost Your CD ROM Access?
>
>      Dear Fred, I ran into a problem in windows XP that apparently,
>according to the Microsoft
>      newsgroups, many more people are having.
>
>      I attempted to install a cd burner in my xp machine, and in the
>process, windows xp
>      decided it no longer wanted to recognize either my cd-rom or burner
>as working hardware.
>      After a long and trying day or changing my cd-rom's setups from
>master, to slave, to ide1
>      to ide2, and still ending up with conflicts in the device manager as
>having conflicts in both
>      (even though xp did see them as new hardware and installed drivers
>for both), they did not
>      show up in explorer or my computer (but did show up in the bios), I
>finally sought out help
>      from others in the Microsoft newsgroups and found my answer.
>
>      It seems that, if you had recently uninstalled a copy of roxio's cd
>creator in win xp, that
>      registry settings from that program are left behind in the registry,
>and renders your
>      cd-rom/and or burner un-usable.
>
>      A fix for this problem is available in this bulletin
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314060 .
>
>      Granted, it involves going into the registry and deleting two items,
>which can be intimidating
>      and dangerous if not done correctly.... Keep up the great work with
>your newsletter, it is
>      greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Bruce Dunbar
>
>


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