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| | Blocked driver I installed and then removed a piece of incompatible software, however it seems that there is a driver which still tries to load, and is blocked by Vista. The msg box tells me: Driver: CD Recording Software Publisher: Roxio, Inc. Location: unknown Part of the problem is that the machine came with some Roxio app pre-installed. Done all kinds of searches, looked at 'run' in the registry and 'services' but can't find the driver, or where it is trying to load. This is not a major problem, but very irritating. Another thing someone might be able to enlighten me about is Task Manager. I have 2 accounts configured (both administrator privileges) but Task Manager looks completely different in each. Why is that? One looks proper, and the other has no title bar, menu bar or tabs (or proper functionality). Are there 2 versions of this app. shipped with Vista? Thanking someone in anticipation. Christopher |
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| | Re: Blocked driver "Christopher" <christopher.wallasREMOVETHIS@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:%238SkiMm3HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I installed and then removed a piece of incompatible software, however it >seems that there is a driver which still tries to load, and is blocked by >Vista. The msg box tells me: > > Driver: CD Recording Software > Publisher: Roxio, Inc. > Location: unknown > > Part of the problem is that the machine came with some Roxio app > pre-installed. > > Done all kinds of searches, looked at 'run' in the registry and 'services' > but can't find the driver, or where it is trying to load. > This is not a major problem, but very irritating. > > Another thing someone might be able to enlighten me about is Task Manager. > I have 2 accounts configured (both administrator privileges) but Task > Manager looks completely different in each. Why is that? One looks proper, > and the other has no title bar, menu bar or tabs (or proper > functionality). Are there 2 versions of this app. shipped with Vista? > Thanking someone in anticipation. This might work, but it is quite old, so it might not: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/U...oxio-Zap.shtml You can double click on the edges of Task Manager to toggle it. ss. |
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| | Re: Blocked driver Thank you, but as I say, I already have other pre-installed Roxio software which I do not wish to remove. Can anyone list all the places a driver might get started? C. |
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| | Re: Blocked driver Christopher wrote: > Thank you, but as I say, I already have other pre-installed Roxio > software which I do not wish to remove. > Can anyone list all the places a driver might get started? > C. Since you have other Roxio software installed, perhaps the Roxio patch for the blocked driver issue will work. Here is a link: http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/vista/d2d_update.html Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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| | Re: Blocked driver If you have a Roxio package installed the package also included apps from Sonic. Uninstall these Sonic apps also. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Christopher" <christopher.wallasREMOVETHIS@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:O5Y3ddm3HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Thank you, but as I say, I already have other pre-installed Roxio software > which I do not wish to remove. > Can anyone list all the places a driver might get started? > C. |
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