Re: Driver Disabled Due To Instability

Firstly you should'nt be using winupdate for drivers.
Examine the list of updates installed, on the winupdate page.
Check your start up folder, or use msconfig to see what is starting.

"Keith Willcocks" <> wrote in message
news:...
> A friend has a Windows XP Home Edition computer which I originally built
for
> him last year. I also installed all the software on it for him. He
uses
> Nero for his CD Burner. Recently he has been getting a message at
> start-up saying that a driver is known to cause instability and it will be
> disabled. Clicking for further information brings up the details that
the
> driver is for DirectCD and refers the user to Roxio for an update.
>
> Neither he nor I have ever installed any Roxio software on the PC (we
> haven't even got any Roxio software) so I am wondering if this is a case
of
> Microsoft sending out a third party piece of software in a Windows update.
>
> Can anyone advise if this is the case and, if so, how I can identify it
and
> remove the problem. He has no need for Direct CD because he never uses
> CD's in the UDF format.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> --
> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
>
>
>
>

You can set winupdate/MSupdate for critical updates only. Using this method
will stop driver updates.
Use msconfig to disable all none MS startups, then check as to whether err
msg is repeated. If not it is a process of ellimination, by enabling a batch
in msconfig before you retest

"Keith Willcocks" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> His computer is set to use automatic updates and I suspected that this was
> how the driver got on there because in the past I have had drivers come on
> to my own machine from Windows Update (unlike him I keep my system in the
> state where I am advised if updates are available). A typical one was a
> driver for my nvidia graphics card and I have also seen them for my
network
> card and sound system.
>
> I have been through MSconfig, Administrative Tools and Add/Remove programs
> and can find no reference to Roxio or DirectCD in any of them. I have
also
> searched the Registry with no success. I really am mystified how this
> driver has got onto the machine and "update" is the only route I can come
up
> with.
>
> --
> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
>
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Firstly you should'nt be using winupdate for drivers.
> > Examine the list of updates installed, on the winupdate page.
> > Check your start up folder, or use msconfig to see what is starting.
> >
> > "Keith Willcocks" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> A friend has a Windows XP Home Edition computer which I originally
built
> > for
> >> him last year. I also installed all the software on it for him. He
> > uses
> >> Nero for his CD Burner. Recently he has been getting a message at
> >> start-up saying that a driver is known to cause instability and it will
> >> be
> >> disabled. Clicking for further information brings up the details that
> > the
> >> driver is for DirectCD and refers the user to Roxio for an update.
> >>
> >> Neither he nor I have ever installed any Roxio software on the PC (we
> >> haven't even got any Roxio software) so I am wondering if this is a
case
> > of
> >> Microsoft sending out a third party piece of software in a Windows
> >> update.
> >>
> >> Can anyone advise if this is the case and, if so, how I can identify it
> > and
> >> remove the problem. He has no need for Direct CD because he never
uses
> >> CD's in the UDF format.
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Keith Willcocks
> >> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>