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by wbry

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How can I keep XP home edition from attempting to load a bad driver then giving me an error saying that loading the driver will make the system unstable? I attempted to load the HP drivers for a CDRom RW. When I booted I got the above message. I uninstalled the software. However, each time I boot xp still thinks it needs to load the EasyCD creator driver(from hP). I located the driver and deleted it from System32\drivers, but that has not really helped. I looked in ini files and cant find any reference to the driver I deleted. How can get xp to not try loading the wrong driver(cdralw2k.sys) BTW I tried to get an up dated driver, but can't -- I have to buy a new more up to date version to the tune of 69.95. I don't need it and don't want it. Thanks for any help you can give!!!!

PS. I have deleted the CD and reinstalled it, but it stills attempts to install the old driver.

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by thechas

From the run box in the start menu, run msconfig

On the startup tab, there should be an entry for Easy CD.
Uncheck it and see if that stops the problem at boot.

To permanently get rid of the problems with Windows XP attempting to complete the installation of Easy CD Creator, you need to edit the registry, or use a registry cleaner such as Norton Win Doctor or V-Com Fix-It.

Windows XP does have native support for CD burners IF you have service pack 1, or download the updates.

Easy CD Creator version 5 is supported. However, you need to download and install a couple of updates from Roxio's web site to get version 5 to work properly.

Version 4 and earlier are NOT supported under XP.

Chas

by juergen hartl

I had the same problem it all relates to DirectCd as Roxio calls it. After downloading all kinds of updates installing/removing, following instructions on Roxio's homepage a finally gave up. Subsequetially I hve thrwn out EasyCD creator and switched to NERO.
Running EasyCDCreator on anything but win98 (maybe ME) is nothing but a pain!

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