Removing "Uninstalled" drivers in XP

[aceline]

Installed system disk for an HP CD-Writer only to find that the included software was incompatible with XP. I uninstalled the software - or so I thought. Upon startup, XP gives me a balloon letting me know that an application or it's drivers (CD Recording software) may make XP unstable and therefore the "drivers or device" has been disabled.

I have since installed the updated software from HP (fully XP compatible) but still get the balloon on startup. I have looked in the usual places - although I am not a pro when it comes to the registry.

What set of loading instructions is XP attempting to follow through on and where are they located so I can edit or delete them?

(Just a note - the registry entries for Windows/Current Version/Run & Run Services are clean)

Thanks for the input!

 

[bacillus]

try looking for & deleting the upper & lower filters in the registry after reading this!

 

[aceline]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

 

[dunkster]

Suggestion based on ignorance (I don't run xp, but intend to) but well-intended:

I followed a link from HardOCP on WinXP tweaking. One of his suggestion was that there were many XP items that can be disabled under Control Panel/Administrator - including disabling the built-in XP CDR support to prevent any interference with Nero or other burning software.

Hope this helps!

 

[bacillus]

<< Suggestion based on ignorance (I don't run xp, but intend to) but well-intended: >>


??

 

[dunkster]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/windowsxpservices.shtml

Go there.

Hope this helps!