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I changed the order in which the CD and DVD drives boot up in the BIOS but still get no effect. The BIOS recgnise the make and model no problem so the issue has got to be with the OS. Anyway linney thanks for your input but I am going to give up on this one as it aint that big of a problem...

linney, it doesn't mention my driver but windows does recognise it once I scan for it after boot up. The thing that gets me is the scan for new hardware should detect it on boot up. I dont want to take off the casing of my pc again and start swapping my IDE cables and jumpers but do you think...

I have already tried that linney and still saying the specified location does not contain information about your hardware. It is the correct driver and unzipped from the ricoh support site.

linney When I select have disk it says the specified location does not contain information about your hardware. flyingwolf23 If it is a PNP issue, do you know of any work around. This is racking my brain, i'm getting another bald spot behind my ear :0)

markdmac thanks for the reply. I ran regclean but still it doesn't see my dvd drive until I scan for hardware changes. I don't think it has anything to do with old drivers because this is an extra drive which is not replacing an old one, the origonal CD drive is now a slave to this new DVD...

Unfortunately linney I have already tried them things. When I try and update the driver it says that the one it is using is the best one available. I'm not clued up on BIOS settings, is there anything I should be looking for in there? Cheers

Unfortunately the FAQ's and troubleshooting doesn't cover the problem I have. Also the couple of small fixes didn't work either.

Thanks linney, i'll try that later when I get home from work.

There aint none available for XP. It should automatically recognise the drive on boot up.

I find firewalls are trial and error, even if one has been rcommended by a reliable source. A great firewall for this person might be a nightmare for another, even if you do know how to configure it. I use zonealarm with no probs when over half the people I speak to have nothing but probs with...

Are you connected to the net when it crashes? If you are then try running spy bot and antivirus whilst you are disconnected.

Hey there bcastner, your a star. I have scratched my head on that one so many times I have no hair just behind my ear.....It may grow back now

I know it aint much but try this link. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317949

Try this Open Folder Options in Control Panel. On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear Use simple file sharing [Recommended]. Now right click on the folder in question and select the security tab. Select admin and uncheck any of the deny boxes for the folder inquestion. Hopefully you...

Why dont you just let the autoupdate download the update without prompting you. Go to system in device manger and select auto updates then select download updates automatically. It will then promt you before installing. I know people want to be prompted before they download anything but the...

I have just installed a RICOCH DVD+RW MP5240 and my pc will not recognise it until I scan for hardware changes in device manager. This has to be done every time I reboot the pc which is very annoying. The drive works fine only after this procedure. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Your a star bcastner Many thanks

When trying to renew ip I get: an error occured while renewing interface local area connection an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. Always got a 169ip. This is driving me nuts. Any help apreciated

Disconnections when using Win XP is due to a period of inactivity. The symptoms are that after a while of no activity the connection will drop. A valid IP will be kept but nothing can be pinged. I do not know how long the inactivity has to be before losing connection but here is a dos command...