Guest Throttlehog Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 To preface: For several months now I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to ferret out a solution to a DVDRW problem using the online support pages of my pc manufacturer (HP), the hardware manufacturer (Lite-On), as well as those of all cd burning software currently installed. The latest steps I've taken involved deleting the upper and lower filters keys for the DVDRW, which failed to "fix" it. Which brings me to my question: While "poking" around in regedit I found an entry related to the DVD that looked a bit odd to me & I could think of no better place to get an accurate explanation than here. This is what I found: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ DeviceClasses\ {1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67}\ ##?#IDE#CdRomLITE-ON_DVDRW_SOHW-1633S________________BPSD____#5&2a6b0538&0&0.0.0#{1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67} It is the last line of the key that looks strange, what with all the pound signs and that question mark, etc. Is this a cause for concern, or just typical "PC Greek" nomenclature? Thanks in advance for your patience and assistance.
Guest PaulM Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Re: Odd registry key? All my key have the same ##?# and so on. Nothing bad there. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/affiliates.s2?aiu=paulm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Throttlehog" <Throttlehog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DC5C04CB-D26A-4BE7-9A81-BDA5D0D634FC@microsoft.com... > To preface: For several months now I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to > ferret out a solution to a DVDRW problem using the online support pages of > my > pc manufacturer (HP), the hardware manufacturer (Lite-On), as well as > those > of all cd burning software currently installed. The latest steps I've > taken > involved deleting the upper and lower filters keys for the DVDRW, which > failed to "fix" it. Which brings me to my question: > While "poking" around in regedit I found an entry related to the DVD > that looked a bit odd to me & I could think of no better place to > get an accurate explanation than here. This is what I found: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ > SYSTEM\ > CurrentControlSet\ > Control\ > DeviceClasses\ > {1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67}\ > ##?#IDE#CdRomLITE-ON_DVDRW_SOHW-1633S________________BPSD____#5&2a6b0538&0&0.0.0#{1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67} > > It is the last line of the key that looks strange, what with all the pound > signs and that question mark, etc. > > Is this a cause for concern, or just typical "PC Greek" nomenclature? > > Thanks in advance for your patience and assistance. >
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Re: Odd registry key? "Throttlehog" <Throttlehog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DC5C04CB-D26A-4BE7-9A81-BDA5D0D634FC@microsoft.com... > To preface: For several months now I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to > ferret out a solution to a DVDRW problem using the online support pages of > my > pc manufacturer (HP), the hardware manufacturer (Lite-On), as well as > those > of all cd burning software currently installed. The latest steps I've > taken > involved deleting the upper and lower filters keys for the DVDRW, which > failed to "fix" it. Which brings me to my question: > While "poking" around in regedit I found an entry related to the DVD > that looked a bit odd to me & I could think of no better place to > get an accurate explanation than here. This is what I found: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ > SYSTEM\ > CurrentControlSet\ > Control\ > DeviceClasses\ > {1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67}\ > ##?#IDE#CdRomLITE-ON_DVDRW_SOHW-1633S________________BPSD____#5&2a6b0538&0&0.0.0#{1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67} > > It is the last line of the key that looks strange, what with all the pound > signs and that question mark, etc. > > Is this a cause for concern, or just typical "PC Greek" nomenclature? > > Thanks in advance for your patience and assistance. > It may look strange but whatever you do, don't delete it.
Guest Throttlehog Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Re: Odd registry key? "M.I.5¾" wrote: > > "Throttlehog" <Throttlehog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:DC5C04CB-D26A-4BE7-9A81-BDA5D0D634FC@microsoft.com... > > To preface: For several months now I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to > > ferret out a solution to a DVDRW problem using the online support pages of > > my > > pc manufacturer (HP), the hardware manufacturer (Lite-On), as well as > > those > > of all cd burning software currently installed. The latest steps I've > > taken > > involved deleting the upper and lower filters keys for the DVDRW, which > > failed to "fix" it. Which brings me to my question: > > While "poking" around in regedit I found an entry related to the DVD > > that looked a bit odd to me & I could think of no better place to > > get an accurate explanation than here. This is what I found: > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ > > SYSTEM\ > > CurrentControlSet\ > > Control\ > > DeviceClasses\ > > {1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67}\ > > ##?#IDE#CdRomLITE-ON_DVDRW_SOHW-1633S________________BPSD____#5&2a6b0538&0&0.0.0#{1186654d-47b8-48b9-beb9-7df113ae3c67} > > > > It is the last line of the key that looks strange, what with all the pound > > signs and that question mark, etc. > > > > Is this a cause for concern, or just typical "PC Greek" nomenclature? > > > > Thanks in advance for your patience and assistance. > > > > It may look strange but whatever you do, don't delete it. > > > OH, I wouldn't dream of it....but thank you anyway. Indeed it looks strange, especially considering that it is the only entry that I found so far that looks that way; nevertheless, I've become accustomed to the peculiar & nonsensical as far as pc's are concerned, prompting me to stick to one hard and fast rule: Never, ever, absolutely and unequivocally delete anything even remotely OS related, unless I know exactly what I'm doing (which is not usually the case), or I'm ready to scrap it. I was also secretly hoping that it might be the reason for my DVD woes; alas, I shall not be getting off so easy, so it's off to the hardware forum for me!
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