Vista - Program Compatibility Assistant Dialog

Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if possible,
just the dialog box)?'

I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA dialog
box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA driver is
being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista. Add/Remove does
not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the dialog
box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing THAT
window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and so
on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.

BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken it
out of the start-up to no avail

Can you disable it in Device Manager?

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5F67A6E-1CEF-48A0-B179-06729AEA3CD1@microsoft.com...
> Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if
> possible,
> just the dialog box)?'
>
> I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA
> dialog
> box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA driver is
> being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista. Add/Remove
> does
> not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the dialog
> box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing THAT
> window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and so
> on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
>
> BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken
> it
> out of the start-up to no avail
>
>

Paul wrote:
> Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if
> possible, just the dialog box)?'
>
> I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA
> dialog box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA
> driver is being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista.
> Add/Remove does not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I
> close the dialog box, another larger window pops up with the same
> warning. Closing THAT window brings back the same dialog box in the
> notification area and so on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it
> finally stops.
>
> BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken
> it out of the start-up to no avail

There are several policies that can be used to tweak PCA. I haven't
experimented with them enough to know exactly which one is going to give you
the desired effect. You can download a spreadsheet containing info on the
policies available in Vista at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en.

That being said, I recommend that work on getting Sonic DLA removed rather
than turning of PCA for everything via policy. Here are instructions from
the Sonic website on how to remove DLA:

1) Uninstall the current copy of DLAusing the "Add/Remove Programs," control
panel.
2) Delete the "DLA," folder from your Program Files folder. (By default this
is located inside: C:\Program Files\Sonic\)
3) Edit the Registry to remove entries relating specifically to DLA. (As a
precaution, please export any registry entries before deleting them.)
a. To start the Registry Editor, click on "Start," click on to "Run," type
"regedit," and click "OK."
b. Open the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" folder. (If this folder does not exist,
proceed to step f.)
c. Open the "Software" folder.
d. Open the "Sonic" folder.
e. Right-click on the "Direct Access" folder and select delete.
f. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sonic.
g. Right-click on the "Direct Access" folder and select delete.
h. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID.
i. Right-click on the "{5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890}" folder and
select delete. (This data for the "Default," setting in this folder should
be "DriveLetterAccess.")
j. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products.
k. Right-click on the "29FE602138E2958RCABC02843CBCD76A" folder and select
delete.
l. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
m. Right-click on the "VERITAS.DLAEventHandler" folder and select delete.
n. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID.
o. Right-click on the "{5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890}" folder and
select delete. (This data for the "Default," setting in this folder should
be "DriveLetterAccess.")
p. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes.
q. Right-click on the "VERITAS.DLAEventHandler" folder and select delete.
r. Got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\MSConfig\startupreg.
s. Right-click on the "dla" folder and select delete.
t. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers.
u. Right-click on "VxDlaCdOnArrival" and select delete.
v. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
w. Right-click on the "{1206EF92-2E83-4859-ACCB-2048C3CB7DA6}" folder and
select delete.
4) Restart your computer.
5) Delete the "DLA," folder from the System32 folder. (This is located
inside: C:\Windows\System32)
--
Tom Porterfield

Thanks for the reply. However step 1 fails. I attempted add/remove for
Sonic DLA and it stays there. Would you suggest performing the remainder of
the steps?

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> Paul wrote:
> > Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if
> > possible, just the dialog box)?'
> >
> > I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA
> > dialog box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA
> > driver is being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista.
> > Add/Remove does not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I
> > close the dialog box, another larger window pops up with the same
> > warning. Closing THAT window brings back the same dialog box in the
> > notification area and so on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it
> > finally stops.
> >
> > BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken
> > it out of the start-up to no avail
>
> There are several policies that can be used to tweak PCA. I haven't
> experimented with them enough to know exactly which one is going to give you
> the desired effect. You can download a spreadsheet containing info on the
> policies available in Vista at
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en.
>
> That being said, I recommend that work on getting Sonic DLA removed rather
> than turning of PCA for everything via policy. Here are instructions from
> the Sonic website on how to remove DLA:
>
> 1) Uninstall the current copy of DLAusing the "Add/Remove Programs," control
> panel.
> 2) Delete the "DLA," folder from your Program Files folder. (By default this
> is located inside: C:\Program Files\Sonic\)
> 3) Edit the Registry to remove entries relating specifically to DLA. (As a
> precaution, please export any registry entries before deleting them.)
> a. To start the Registry Editor, click on "Start," click on to "Run," type
> "regedit," and click "OK."
> b. Open the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" folder. (If this folder does not exist,
> proceed to step f.)
> c. Open the "Software" folder.
> d. Open the "Sonic" folder.
> e. Right-click on the "Direct Access" folder and select delete.
> f. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sonic.
> g. Right-click on the "Direct Access" folder and select delete.
> h. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID.
> i. Right-click on the "{5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890}" folder and
> select delete. (This data for the "Default," setting in this folder should
> be "DriveLetterAccess.")
> j. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products.
> k. Right-click on the "29FE602138E2958RCABC02843CBCD76A" folder and select
> delete.
> l. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
> m. Right-click on the "VERITAS.DLAEventHandler" folder and select delete.
> n. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID.
> o. Right-click on the "{5CA3D70E-1895-11CF-8E15-001234567890}" folder and
> select delete. (This data for the "Default," setting in this folder should
> be "DriveLetterAccess.")
> p. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes.
> q. Right-click on the "VERITAS.DLAEventHandler" folder and select delete.
> r. Got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\MSConfig\startupreg.
> s. Right-click on the "dla" folder and select delete.
> t. Go to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers.
> u. Right-click on "VxDlaCdOnArrival" and select delete.
> v. Go to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
> w. Right-click on the "{1206EF92-2E83-4859-ACCB-2048C3CB7DA6}" folder and
> select delete.
> 4) Restart your computer.
> 5) Delete the "DLA," folder from the System32 folder. (This is located
> inside: C:\Windows\System32)
> --
> Tom Porterfield
>
>

I'm having the exact same issue. I was able to delete Roxio myDVD LE and
RecordNow, but when I try to delete Roxio DLA, the Please wait while the
files are deleted box appears for a second but then disappears without
removing the program.

"Paul" wrote:

> Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if possible,
> just the dialog box)?'
>
> I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA dialog
> box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA driver is
> being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista. Add/Remove does
> not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the dialog
> box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing THAT
> window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and so
> on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
>
> BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken it
> out of the start-up to no avail
>
>

Paul wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. However step 1 fails. I attempted add/remove for
> Sonic DLA and it stays there. Would you suggest performing the remainder
> of the steps?

Yes, I would follow the remainder of the steps.
--
Tom Porterfield

Be careful doing add/remove on RecordNow, MyDVD, etc. There's a known issue
which I stumbled on a few days ago where removing these programs will force
the DVD drive to disappear. It will also show up in device manager with a
warning of "corrupt device" or "corrupt driver". There's a KB with a fix
which included removing lower & upper filter values in the registry that
caused me (and two other posters) to blue screen at boot. Running a start-up
repair from the (YES) bootable start-up Upgrade disc will fail. You can
revert to a restore point though, which will fix the "corrupt DVD drive" but
doesn't address the PCA dialog box - so you're back where you started.

BTW - there will be some posters here who will swear thar removing the upper
& lower filter values cannot cause a system crash - but I can attest first
hand that it can indeed - at least in Vista.

"Tony1976" wrote:

> I'm having the exact same issue. I was able to delete Roxio myDVD LE and
> RecordNow, but when I try to delete Roxio DLA, the Please wait while the
> files are deleted box appears for a second but then disappears without
> removing the program.
>
> "Paul" wrote:
>
> > Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if possible,
> > just the dialog box)?'
> >
> > I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA dialog
> > box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA driver is
> > being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista. Add/Remove does
> > not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the dialog
> > box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing THAT
> > window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and so
> > on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
> >
> > BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken it
> > out of the start-up to no avail
> >
> >

I keep having the same problem. "Sonic Solutions DLA Driver is blocked" but i
cannot find the program or driver anywhere on my computer. So the first step
is impossible for me, ie i cant find the program in the "romove programs"
window. so i have nothing to remove but the problem is still there!!!

im also having trouble with windows messenger. it keeps saying that its not
working properly and will be closed down. this also happened to my gadget bar
when i powered up my computer this morning... any help??

"Paul" wrote:

> Be careful doing add/remove on RecordNow, MyDVD, etc. There's a known issue
> which I stumbled on a few days ago where removing these programs will force
> the DVD drive to disappear. It will also show up in device manager with a
> warning of "corrupt device" or "corrupt driver". There's a KB with a fix
> which included removing lower & upper filter values in the registry that
> caused me (and two other posters) to blue screen at boot. Running a start-up
> repair from the (YES) bootable start-up Upgrade disc will fail. You can
> revert to a restore point though, which will fix the "corrupt DVD drive" but
> doesn't address the PCA dialog box - so you're back where you started.
>
> BTW - there will be some posters here who will swear thar removing the upper
> & lower filter values cannot cause a system crash - but I can attest first
> hand that it can indeed - at least in Vista.
>
> "Tony1976" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the exact same issue. I was able to delete Roxio myDVD LE and
> > RecordNow, but when I try to delete Roxio DLA, the Please wait while the
> > files are deleted box appears for a second but then disappears without
> > removing the program.
> >
> > "Paul" wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if possible,
> > > just the dialog box)?'
> > >
> > > I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA dialog
> > > box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA driver is
> > > being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista. Add/Remove does
> > > not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the dialog
> > > box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing THAT
> > > window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and so
> > > on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
> > >
> > > BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've taken it
> > > out of the start-up to no avail
> > >
> > >

OK Sonic DLA Driver is blocked... but why do we have to click close 7 times
only to have the same message pop up again. It takes 14 clicks to get rid of
the message. Why is that? Is that a Vista thing? Whom to blame?
I am beginning to hate anything Sonic.

"owen gir" <owen gir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8E2C54F-182D-4F0A-9540-AC94A19756E1@microsoft.com...
>I keep having the same problem. "Sonic Solutions DLA Driver is blocked" but
>i
> cannot find the program or driver anywhere on my computer. So the first
> step
> is impossible for me, ie i cant find the program in the "romove programs"
> window. so i have nothing to remove but the problem is still there!!!
>
> im also having trouble with windows messenger. it keeps saying that its
> not
> working properly and will be closed down. this also happened to my gadget
> bar
> when i powered up my computer this morning... any help??
>
> "Paul" wrote:
>
>> Be careful doing add/remove on RecordNow, MyDVD, etc. There's a known
>> issue
>> which I stumbled on a few days ago where removing these programs will
>> force
>> the DVD drive to disappear. It will also show up in device manager with
>> a
>> warning of "corrupt device" or "corrupt driver". There's a KB with a fix
>> which included removing lower & upper filter values in the registry that
>> caused me (and two other posters) to blue screen at boot. Running a
>> start-up
>> repair from the (YES) bootable start-up Upgrade disc will fail. You can
>> revert to a restore point though, which will fix the "corrupt DVD drive"
>> but
>> doesn't address the PCA dialog box - so you're back where you started.
>>
>> BTW - there will be some posters here who will swear thar removing the
>> upper
>> & lower filter values cannot cause a system crash - but I can attest
>> first
>> hand that it can indeed - at least in Vista.
>>
>> "Tony1976" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm having the exact same issue. I was able to delete Roxio myDVD LE
>> > and
>> > RecordNow, but when I try to delete Roxio DLA, the Please wait while
>> > the
>> > files are deleted box appears for a second but then disappears without
>> > removing the program.
>> >
>> > "Paul" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if
>> > > possible,
>> > > just the dialog box)?'
>> > >
>> > > I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the PCA
>> > > dialog
>> > > box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA
>> > > driver is
>> > > being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista.
>> > > Add/Remove does
>> > > not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the
>> > > dialog
>> > > box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing
>> > > THAT
>> > > window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and
>> > > so
>> > > on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
>> > >
>> > > BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've
>> > > taken it
>> > > out of the start-up to no avail
>> > >
>> > >

No one is to blame. You did an update install. You left a Roxio product on
the Windows XP install, instead of removing this incompatible program prior
to performing said update.



--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"DanR" <dhr22@sorrynospam.com> wrote in message
news:Ows16T%23THHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> OK Sonic DLA Driver is blocked... but why do we have to click close 7
> times only to have the same message pop up again. It takes 14 clicks to
> get rid of the message. Why is that? Is that a Vista thing? Whom to blame?
> I am beginning to hate anything Sonic.
>
> "owen gir" <owen gir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8E2C54F-182D-4F0A-9540-AC94A19756E1@microsoft.com...
>>I keep having the same problem. "Sonic Solutions DLA Driver is blocked"
>>but i
>> cannot find the program or driver anywhere on my computer. So the first
>> step
>> is impossible for me, ie i cant find the program in the "romove programs"
>> window. so i have nothing to remove but the problem is still there!!!
>>
>> im also having trouble with windows messenger. it keeps saying that its
>> not
>> working properly and will be closed down. this also happened to my gadget
>> bar
>> when i powered up my computer this morning... any help??
>>
>> "Paul" wrote:
>>
>>> Be careful doing add/remove on RecordNow, MyDVD, etc. There's a known
>>> issue
>>> which I stumbled on a few days ago where removing these programs will
>>> force
>>> the DVD drive to disappear. It will also show up in device manager with
>>> a
>>> warning of "corrupt device" or "corrupt driver". There's a KB with a
>>> fix
>>> which included removing lower & upper filter values in the registry that
>>> caused me (and two other posters) to blue screen at boot. Running a
>>> start-up
>>> repair from the (YES) bootable start-up Upgrade disc will fail. You can
>>> revert to a restore point though, which will fix the "corrupt DVD drive"
>>> but
>>> doesn't address the PCA dialog box - so you're back where you started.
>>>
>>> BTW - there will be some posters here who will swear thar removing the
>>> upper
>>> & lower filter values cannot cause a system crash - but I can attest
>>> first
>>> hand that it can indeed - at least in Vista.
>>>
>>> "Tony1976" wrote:
>>>
>>> > I'm having the exact same issue. I was able to delete Roxio myDVD LE
>>> > and
>>> > RecordNow, but when I try to delete Roxio DLA, the Please wait while
>>> > the
>>> > files are deleted box appears for a second but then disappears without
>>> > removing the program.
>>> >
>>> > "Paul" wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Could someone please post the GPEDIT policy to disable PCA (or if
>>> > > possible,
>>> > > just the dialog box)?'
>>> > >
>>> > > I've tweaked Vista into good working form, but on every boot, the
>>> > > PCA dialog
>>> > > box comes up in the notification area warning me that Sonic DLA
>>> > > driver is
>>> > > being blocked and disabled for being incompatible w/ Vista.
>>> > > Add/Remove does
>>> > > not allow be to remove. Everything works fine, but if I close the
>>> > > dialog
>>> > > box, another larger window pops up with the same warning. Closing
>>> > > THAT
>>> > > window brings back the same dialog box in the notification area and
>>> > > so
>>> > > on....and so on......for 10 or so turns until it finally stops.
>>> > >
>>> > > BTW, Sonic DLA also appears as disabled in device Manager and I've
>>> > > taken it
>>> > > out of the start-up to no avail
>>> > >
>>> > >
>