Thanks, Bob We did uninstall the driver and double checked in Device Mgr that it was gone before rebooting the system. Neither time did we get the msg that a new hardware device was encountered although the driver was reinstalled in Device Mgr and the uninitiated CDrwr would start itself by itself and the system freeze all over again.. mjh In a message dated 1/14/03 6:36:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I have a CD-Rw, and mine stopped working after installing upgrade to > Microsoft Internet Explorer. > > Reinstalling the driver did not work. But, +removing+ the driver > completely, and then re-download the driver (it was the SAME driver as far > as I could tell), and re-install the driver as if it the CD-Rw were new did > work. Perhaps that would work for you? > > Beats me was to what the cause was. I am guessing that either: > 1. the driver that I had got corrupted (perhaps when I upgraded MSIE?) > 2. MSIE required a newer driver to "see" the "see" the driver properly > 3. The driver I had was flat out incompatible. > > Robert > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/