Apologies,
This was meant to be a new thread, I mistakenly sent as a reply to your
query,
Sorry again,
Alan.
"Alan" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I installed SP1 with no problems I can't really say the machine is working
> better/worse, faster/slower, much the same really, but one thing I have
> noticed.
> I do a lot of video editing with necessarily large files as they originate
> from DV camcorder tapes. These files are constantly going to and fro
> external hard drives.
> Before installing SP1, files that I'd deleted from the machine after
> transferring them to one of the external hard drives would still appear to
> be on the machine. If I did a search for .avi or .wmv for instance, these
> files would appear even though they'd been deleted. If I tried to open one
> it would tell me it couldn't be opened as Windows couldn't find it
> (obviously). This led me to rebuilding the index every two weeks or so, a
> tedious business as anyone who's done it will know, it takes a long, long
> time.
> After SP1 this doesn't seem to happen anymore, if I delete a file it
> appears to be gone for good.
> Was this one of known problems that SP1 was designed to rectify? I had
> tried to find out why this was happening some time ago but I couldn't get
> much information on it.
> Regards,
> Alan.
> "ragrillo" <> wrote in message
> news:F186EDEF-AC9F-4F23-8DE5-...
>> few weeks ago, my Vista stopped reading DVD-ROM. Everything else seems
>> to
>> work fine (for Vista). I can not pinpoint the problem to any specific
>> program I might have installed or unistalled. The problem is not the
>> hardware: I have two DVD drives and I can;t read DVD-ROM with any of
>> them;
>> yet, they read CD and video DVD without a problem. Nor the DVD's: they
>> can
>> be read in XP. Vista acknowledges that there is something in the drive:
>> I
>> can see the icon of the volume, and if you click Properties, it shows the
>> DVD
>> is full. But if I click Open or Explore, it shows as an empty folder and
>> it
>> even asks to "click and drag files" as if I had a clean DVD-R in the
>> drive.
>> I've tried with several that used to work fine from different publishers
>> and
>> is all the same. Trying to read the DVD sometimes cuases the OS to crask
>> to
>> a blue screen with some gibberish, dumps memory and restarts. I've tried
>> starting in safe mode (no drivers, processes or services) and nothing. I
>> have not firewall or anti-virus. Upgraded to SP1 and no solution. I've
>> been
>> to Microsofy Help and not even a hint of the problem. Tried the regedit
>> deleting Upper and Lower Limits and nothing. I am desperate. I really
>> don't
>> want to have to reinstall this crappy, good for nothing OS. Any ideas?
>> Thanks in advance for any help!! As usual, us customers are left out to
>> fend
>> by ourselves by Microsoft. Vista is such a mediocre product. How much I
>> regret not having an Apple!
>
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