Well, It's quite a learning curve...this vista...ehh?
I could not see my light scribe DVD Burner. Wasted hours trying everything and still no CDROM.
I thought it may be related to a corrupt or missing cdrom.sys but I discovered a simple registry hack posted on the net actually solved my ghostly CDROM problem.
Apparently, it's caused by iTunes and the hack prevents iTunes from functioning.
The Hack as follows:
best of luck
mike
Method 1: Remove the registry entry
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
Note If you had installed multiple CD-writing software products on your computer, you need to uninstall the software products before you remove the registry keys.
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Cl@ss/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type savedkey, and then click Save.
6. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Note If this data type is missing, go to Method 2.
7. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
8. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
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Also I hastily removed Zone Alarm because I could not connect to the internet. Should have just switched to allow all! Zone Alarm had been setup on the laptop which had now morphed to the HP PC I am using now to post to this forum. I am running a solid Windows Vista.connected via a router to DSL.
I removed errors in device manager then scanned for hardware changes. No drivers were needed!
Christopher C. Charles
http://drpcdr.ca
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:36:45 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Booting Vista on Different PC Computers
>
> I went to your WEB site last, so sorry if all this is too basic...
>
> Sounds like it might an OEM issue with the license. (More below)
> I would venture a guess MS is blocking you since OEM licenses
> are not allowed to be moved to a different machine, or in any event
> using hard drive cloning to different hardware is "trouble prone" in
> general......
> Only one machine can be activated with "that" type of license (OEM),
> unless BIOS locked, and then the BIOS code has to match the
> BIOS code embedded on the OEM disk.
> Put the "Windows Explorer" "disk label" into Google, and search to
> see what type of disk you have.
> Note that activation has always come later, so I "should" leave out
> those parts of this...
>
> If OTOH, you have a RETAIL (AKA FPP) licensed Vista,
> It "should install" on any machine rated for it, if provided the proper
> drivers at the right time.
> Only one machine can be activated with "that" type of license. (FPP).
>
> I believe, the answer is to install directly to ONE machine with all the
> hardware "in place"... And skip all the HD swapping.
>
> Your question seems to be missing "why" you did it this way...
> And why two computers are involved.
> You never mentioned "things like" sysprep, or mutiple keys...
> Basically, you have me lost, so the following might not apply...
>
> Anything that "might have" worked like that in the past has
> pretty much been squashed by MS to stop "casual copying"
> of the OS to different computers to avoid buying two licenses,
> or to move "small-OEM" versions - (white-box or mom&pop).
>
> If OTOH, you are doing something perfectly legal and allowed,
> I fear you are just another casuality in the war about DRM.
> AKA: Collateral Damage
>
> Rick Glazier, MS-Registered Partner, OEM/System Builder
>
> From: "christopher Charles" <
> >I install Vista Ultimate on one PC. It is an HP Pavilion a1700n
> >I remove the 40 GB IDE HD from the HP PC and put it into a Compaq EVO510
> PC.
> >Result: Vista does not boot.
>
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