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Okay, I've seen a lot of questions regarding this bug, and it seems
that the typical response from tech-support folks has been correct, but
only to solve a completely, utterly different bug.
Here's the issue: I use Windows XP Home, updated to the latest SP and
patched with every patch Microsoft has released as of 10 September
2005. I have two optical drives, one a Khypermedia (?) DVD-RW, and the
other a CD-RW of unknown origins. At boot, I usually have a CD or DVD
in both drives, but sometimes I don't. When Windows XP finally
finishes booting, I see the CD or DVD icon, volume name and file list
of the disc in the drive at boot time. If I eject one of those and
insert a different CD, CD-RW, CD-R, DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD-RW (this
happens with any of them) I see the icon, volume name and file list of
the previous disc in Explorer. (I use the regular "Open" command
rather than "Explore", and I don't use Folders View, so the solution
telling me to not use that wouldn't make any difference.) I can get
the file list to change if I refresh the window enough, but the icon
and volume name remain the same, and do so until I reboot the machine.
I do not know if the bug as experienced on my own machine applies to
all media, or just optical drives. It is worth noting, however, that I
have experienced this bug on both my computer here at home, several
computers at the college I attend, and two new laptops, all of which
have been updated to SP2 and every Windows patch as of this week.
I am aware that Microsoft has placed this seemingly widespread bug very
low on the list of things to fix, but if anyone knows of workarounds or
registry hacks that are NOT related to simply hitting F5 or not using
Folders View, I, like everyone else who has this bug, would be most
appreciative.
Thank you,
Chris Gregory
Okay, I've seen a lot of questions regarding this bug, and it seems
that the typical response from tech-support folks has been correct, but
only to solve a completely, utterly different bug.
Here's the issue: I use Windows XP Home, updated to the latest SP and
patched with every patch Microsoft has released as of 10 September
2005. I have two optical drives, one a Khypermedia (?) DVD-RW, and the
other a CD-RW of unknown origins. At boot, I usually have a CD or DVD
in both drives, but sometimes I don't. When Windows XP finally
finishes booting, I see the CD or DVD icon, volume name and file list
of the disc in the drive at boot time. If I eject one of those and
insert a different CD, CD-RW, CD-R, DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD-RW (this
happens with any of them) I see the icon, volume name and file list of
the previous disc in Explorer. (I use the regular "Open" command
rather than "Explore", and I don't use Folders View, so the solution
telling me to not use that wouldn't make any difference.) I can get
the file list to change if I refresh the window enough, but the icon
and volume name remain the same, and do so until I reboot the machine.
I do not know if the bug as experienced on my own machine applies to
all media, or just optical drives. It is worth noting, however, that I
have experienced this bug on both my computer here at home, several
computers at the college I attend, and two new laptops, all of which
have been updated to SP2 and every Windows patch as of this week.
I am aware that Microsoft has placed this seemingly widespread bug very
low on the list of things to fix, but if anyone knows of workarounds or
registry hacks that are NOT related to simply hitting F5 or not using
Folders View, I, like everyone else who has this bug, would be most
appreciative.
Thank you,
Chris Gregory
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