Have you gone into safe mode and see if it freezes?? Haven't been following this thread. Bob Life is what happens in between plans. Virus free email by Norton's ----- Original Message ----- From: <Foxhillers@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:59 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CR-RWR freezes system WINMe > 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/ 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/