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Sony DVD not recognized
Hi,
For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks |
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Sony DVD not recognized
D wrote:
Hi, For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Quite a few people are having similar problems -- CD/DVD drives and USB devices seem to be most affected. I've seen no solutions posted so far. I have some ideas, but I need someone with at least a basic working knowledge of the Registry to test them for me. |
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Sony DVD not recognized
Following some automatic updates last night my DVD drive (Slimtype DVD
DS8AZH) no longer works. I have tried everything - re-install, system restore etc but no luck. It looks like the updates have screwed the registry entry for the drive. Anyone got any ideas? "Don" wrote: D wrote: Hi, For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Quite a few people are having similar problems -- CD/DVD drives and USB devices seem to be most affected. I've seen no solutions posted so far. I have some ideas, but I need someone with at least a basic working knowledge of the Registry to test them for me. |
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Sony DVD not recognized
As a first step, uninstall the DVD drive from Device Manager. After a
reboot, the system will try to re-detect the device and install the correct drivers. This may solve your problem. I am using 2 Sony drives in my main computer and they are both detected automatically and function without problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban MVP Microsoft Windows Shell/User "D" wrote in message ... Hi, For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks |
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Sony DVD not recognized
Hi Richard
I have done this several times. Each time fails with message "failed" contact manufacturers website etc. (Which I can't locate).I don't think mine is a Sony drive - it's in a HP laptop. Did you also have the Vista updates recently. I think this is what has caused the problem but it may only affect certain drives etc. "Richard Urban" wrote: As a first step, uninstall the DVD drive from Device Manager. After a reboot, the system will try to re-detect the device and install the correct drivers. This may solve your problem. I am using 2 Sony drives in my main computer and they are both detected automatically and function without problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban MVP Microsoft Windows Shell/User "D" wrote in message ... Hi, For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks |
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Sony DVD not recognized
Yes. I have installed all the Vista updates. When I installed my new Sony
DVD combo drive I went to the Sony web site and found that there was already a firmware upgrade for it, even though it was only released for sale one week prior to my purchase. You may want to check for updates for your drive. -- Regards, Richard Urban MVP Microsoft Windows Shell/User "Radiosjohn" wrote in message ... Hi Richard I have done this several times. Each time fails with message "failed" contact manufacturers website etc. (Which I can't locate).I don't think mine is a Sony drive - it's in a HP laptop. Did you also have the Vista updates recently. I think this is what has caused the problem but it may only affect certain drives etc. "Richard Urban" wrote: As a first step, uninstall the DVD drive from Device Manager. After a reboot, the system will try to re-detect the device and install the correct drivers. This may solve your problem. I am using 2 Sony drives in my main computer and they are both detected automatically and function without problems. -- Regards, Richard Urban MVP Microsoft Windows Shell/User "D" wrote in message ... Hi, For some reason Windows Vista is no longer recognizing my DVD player. It is saying I need a new driver but Sony is not being helpful and I can't seem to use the windows driver update to auto update. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks |
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Sony DVD not recognized
"Radiosjohn" wrote in message
... Hi Richard I have done this several times. Each time fails with message "failed"... Two things: At exactly what step do you see this error message, and who is it that's complaining? Are the drivers installed okay? I just found out about Vista's reliablility monitor, which I'd like you to try. The easiest way to use it is to open a command prompt with Administrator privileges and type 'perfmon'. Click on the icon for 'Reliability Monitor' and see if anything there looks interesting. "Richard Urban" wrote: As a first step, uninstall the DVD drive from Device Manager. After a reboot, the system will try to re-detect the device and install the correct drivers. This may solve your problem. |