Hi,
You'll find the patch here, I suspect that you didn't create the file
correctly:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
Under section 8 - Problems
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Don in New Mexico" <DoninNewMexico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:7A5478DF-BFAB-482E-B2D8-14550A8CB81C@microsoft.com...
> Xp will not allow me to do this. I get an error message: Cannot import
> cdfix.reg
> The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary
> registry
> files from within the registry editor.
>
> "Leythos" wrote:
>
>> Cut and paste everything between the lines and paste it into notepad.
>> Save
>> the file as cdfix.reg and save it to the desktop. make sure you change
>> the
>> save as type.... drop down box to all files. Once saved double click on
>> the
>> file to merge it into the registry. Reboot.
>>
>>
>> Begin cut below this line
>> ================================================== =================================
>> REGEDIT4
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
>> "UpperFilters"=-
>> "LowerFilters"=-
>>
>> [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Cdr4_2K]
>>
>> [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Cdralw2k]
>>
>> [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Cdudf]
>>
>> [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\UdfReadr]
>>
>>
>> ================================================== ==================================
>> End cut above this line
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don in New Mexico" <Don in New Mexico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:00B2B874-28B7-46B4-A688-66619C7E6CFD@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a DVDRW drive running Windows XP SP2. If I have a CD/dvd loaded
>> >when
>> >I
>> > power up I am able to see the contents of the disk. If , however, I
>> > load
>> > the
>> > disk after the machine is up and running, the disk appears to be blank.
>> > It
>> > doesn't matter if it's a CD, DVD, writeable or not. I had a CDRW before
>> > and
>> > that's when it started. I thought it was the drive so I upgraded to a
>> > DVDRW
>> > but the problem remains the same.
>>
>>
>>