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	11-01-2003 02:55									#428
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	11-01-2003 17:16									#430
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	11-01-2003 21:10									#431
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I screwed up my computer, can't play PTW any more. I'll let you know when this is resolved. Sorry.

	11-01-2003 21:44									#432
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The emotion I feel on reading this is best expressed as "get well soon."

	11-01-2003 23:52									#433
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need any help/advice?

	12-01-2003 00:02									#434
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH need any help/advice?

Well, if you have any ideas how to fix this:

"CD-ROM Drive: This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)"

then let me know. I tried to reinstall the driver but it didn't help.

I don't think I can fix this on my own so best case scenario seems to be Monday evening. Realistically, Wednesday is more likely. If it turns out to be a hardware problem (I don't think so, but not impossible), then at least a week.

Jshelr, as a workaround, I offer my place in the 3star game to you (permanently, if you want it). This way you all could proceed at least with one game. Let me know what you think.

	12-01-2003 00:11									#435
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since I dont know you're OS

I dragged this whole thing

I've seen this problem before it relates to Adaptec's Easy CD Creator on a Win2K system. (For information about that particular problem, see Paula Sharick, "Various Hardware Issues; New Bug Fixes," http://www.winnetmag.com, InstantDoc ID 23274.) I suspect, however, that your situation is upgrade-related, in which case a registry hack might resolve the problem. Open a registry editor and go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} subkey. Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values, then restart your computer.

	12-01-2003 00:14									#436
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I'd be glad to step in for you in any game you want and, of course, you can have the game back if I don't screw it up too badly.

My laptop chronically can't find the d: drive either. I can fix mine just by going through the setup screen without making any changes. That resets the defaults.

Sounds to me that you will be back in business soon.

	12-01-2003 00:20									#437
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Delmar

Heres the pertinent data from that faulty link

If you're configuring Windows 2000 systems with Adaptec CD-RW drives and Roxio software—specifically Easy CD Creator 5.01 and earlier or DirectCD 3.01 or 3.01c—you must install updated drivers to ensure that the drives function properly. When you remove either CD-RW software application and try to access the CD-RW drive, you’ll see one or more of the following error messages from the Device Manager: the drive isn't working properly (Code 31), Win2K can't locate the device driver (Code 32), and the registry is corrupt (Code 19).

Microsoft article Q270008 indicates that systems with newer Adaptec CD-RW drives, as well as CD-RW drives from other vendors, might experience similar or identical problems. The article documents error-code-specific corrective action that you can take to restore CD-RW functionality. The steps are too complicated to repeat here, but two of the actions require you to modify the registry. You can download instructions from Adaptec. However, the Microsoft article states that Adaptec's registry modification instructions are incorrect, so read the article carefully before you attempt to correct the problem. If the registry edits don't eliminate the Code 31 error message and restore access to your CD-RW drives, Microsoft recommends that you uninstall Media Player 7 and download and install the latest release from the Microsoft

Let me know if this is relevant and I'll keep tracking or if you can give more details i.e. were you changig hardware OS etc.

	12-01-2003 00:29									#438
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I am using Win2K and a Hitachi CD-ROM. I was trying to uninstall an application, something went wrong, I rebooted, and next thing I knew was I didn't have any CD drive.

I removed those keys from the registry that you suggested, now I am going to reboot. If I don't post here in the next 10-15 minutes, then changing to the registry was not a good idea...

	12-01-2003 00:36									#439
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I'll cross my fingers

	12-01-2003 00:56									#440
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Amazingly, it worked. You have our gratitude...

I'll send the SAV to Eli in a few minutes.

	12-01-2003 01:22									#441
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	12-01-2003 02:53									#444
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	12-01-2003 04:05									#447
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Wow, 3 turns and computer maintenance in 1 day?!? This must be close to the world record!

	12-01-2003 04:39									#448
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Well we did 4 or 5 turns before (I think) but that was with healthy puters.

	12-01-2003 04:39									#449
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it was a good performance, no question about it.

	12-01-2003 12:05									#450
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