Odd registry key?

[Guest Throttlehog]

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]

Re: Odd registry key?

 

All my key have the same ##?# and so on. Nothing bad there.

 

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"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]

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]

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!