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Pointer problem
I have a problem with my pointer. The blinking "CD" that
appears next to the pointer when you put a CD in the tray will not go away. I have spent hours updating scanning and searching google to no avail. |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:19:29 -0800, Barry Thomas wrote:
I have a problem with my pointer. The blinking "CD" that appears next to the pointer when you put a CD in the tray will not go away. I have spent hours updating scanning and searching google to no avail. PS: If you are trying to use that CD, press Shift while inserting the CD. Continue to hold shift until the light on the drive stops blinking. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:19:29 -0800, Barry Thomas wrote:
I have a problem with my pointer. The blinking "CD" that appears next to the pointer when you put a CD in the tray will not go away. I have spent hours updating scanning and searching google to no avail. Take the CD out of the cdrom drive. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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Barry Thomas wrote:
I have a problem with my pointer. The blinking "CD" that appears next to the pointer when you put a CD in the tray will not go away. That's not a problem with your pointer, but rather a sign of a problem with either your CD drive or the CD you're trying to use. |
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-----Original Message----- On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:19:29 -0800, Barry Thomas wrote: I have a problem with my pointer. The blinking "CD" that appears next to the pointer when you put a CD in the tray will not go away. I have spent hours updating scanning and searching google to no avail. PS: If you are trying to use that CD, press Shift while inserting the CD. Continue to hold shift until the light on the drive stops blinking. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User . I have no CDs in any drives (there are 2 one read one burn) It is blinking all the time. All the time regardless. Do I have to reinstall drivers? |
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-----Original Message----- wrote: I have no CDs in any drives (there are 2 one read one burn) It is blinking all the time. All the time regardless. Do I have to reinstall drivers? The CD drive with the blinking LED is your CD burner. The LED is supposed to blink all the time. .There is a CD blinking next to the pointer on my screen any time it isn't near any text. All the time. From start up to shut down. There are no CDs in any drives at any time. The LED on the actual drive functions normally. |
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wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- wrote: I have no CDs in any drives (there are 2 one read one burn) It is blinking all the time. All the time regardless. Do I have to reinstall drivers? The CD drive with the blinking LED is your CD burner. The LED is supposed to blink all the time. .There is a CD blinking next to the pointer on my screen any time it isn't near any text. All the time. From start up to shut down. There are no CDs in any drives at any time. The LED on the actual drive functions normally. Hello Anon, From what I can gather, please correct me if I am wrong, the 'pointer' is called your cursor, and it is driven by your mouse. Attached always to the end of the cursor is the small icon symbol of a C.D., no matter what programme you are running, at any time. Is this what you are trying to say ? I don't have a known answer, but if you were to unplug the mouse from the P.C., and wait a minute, then plug the mouse, back in again, the 'plug and play' New Hardware Wizard, should detect the 'new' mouse, and you can set it up again, with reference to left and right key functions. Hopefully without the cursor having a C.D. Icon attached to it. Failing that, pull out the mouse at the P.C., wait a minute, turn off the P.C., plug the mouse back in, turn on the P.C., and the New Hardware Wizard will find the 'new' mouse, and set up the mouse. Rob |
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:19:44 -0800,
wrote: .There is a CD blinking next to the pointer on my screen any time it isn't near any text. All the time. From start up to shut down. There are no CDs in any drives at any time. The LED on the actual drive functions normally. Try downloading TweakUI for XP. Then in its menus, turn Autoplay off for your drives (in the My Computer section) - at least on the burner drive as I suspect that is where the problem is. I had a similar problem with one of the burning programs I was trying out - a very persistent seek for the burner (but for me this only happened when a disk of any type was in that drive). TweakUI is one of the Power toys for XP. This version is *only* for XP with SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp If you do not have SP1, the earlier version can be found at http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...P/EN-US/TweakU iPowertoySetup.exe Another possibility: Start Run regedit Navigate to this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell In the right pane, the "Default" item should have a value of none (not 'value not set', but those exact four characters: none) If it doesn't, double click the Default key and type in none as the new value -reboot and see. By the way, "none" is the correct default value for this key but it gets knocked out by installing/uninstalling some cd burning software. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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Thank you.
I'll try your solution first Rob(seems easier), then I'll try what Sharon suggested. -----Original Message----- wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- wrote: I have no CDs in any drives (there are 2 one read one burn) It is blinking all the time. All the time regardless. Do I have to reinstall drivers? The CD drive with the blinking LED is your CD burner. The LED is supposed to blink all the time. .There is a CD blinking next to the pointer on my screen any time it isn't near any text. All the time. From start up to shut down. There are no CDs in any drives at any time. The LED on the actual drive functions normally. Hello Anon, From what I can gather, please correct me if I am wrong, the 'pointer' is called your cursor, and it is driven by your mouse. Attached always to the end of the cursor is the small icon symbol of a C.D., no matter what programme you are running, at any time. Is this what you are trying to say ? I don't have a known answer, but if you were to unplug the mouse from the P.C., and wait a minute, then plug the mouse, back in again, the 'plug and play' New Hardware Wizard, should detect the 'new' mouse, and you can set it up again, with reference to left and right key functions. Hopefully without the cursor having a C.D. Icon attached to it. Failing that, pull out the mouse at the P.C., wait a minute, turn off the P.C., plug the mouse back in, turn on the P.C., and the New Hardware Wizard will find the 'new' mouse, and set up the mouse. Rob . |
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