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CD drawer
The CD drawer on my PC (ME edtion) pops out and closes
randomly. Shutting down corrects the problem for an hour or so and then it re-occurs. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS. Jim |
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Jim,
How long has this been happening? What changes did you make to your system around the time that this started, both hardware and software, new and updated? There is at least one "joke" program around that causes this to happen. Check your system for unwanted guests using your preferred antivirus application equipped with current updated set of viral reference signatures. I can't recall its name at the moment but have been aware of at least one trojan that causes this to happen. I would also strongly recommend that you install and use a firewall if you are not already doing so. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jim wrote: The CD drawer on my PC (ME edtion) pops out and closes randomly. Shutting down corrects the problem for an hour or so and then it re-occurs. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS. |
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Mike,
Thanks for the response. It started happening about a year ago and then disappeared. A few days ago, it reared it's ugly head again. Since I posted, I found out about the joke file called "rudecd". It's supposed to make your drawer behave as it it's giving you a "raspberry", which is pretty descriptive of what I've seen. I have run my virus scan and it came up empty. Later tonight I'll update my Adaware 6.0 and run that. Thanks again and I'll keep you posted. Jim -----Original Message----- Jim, How long has this been happening? What changes did you make to your system around the time that this started, both hardware and software, new and updated? There is at least one "joke" program around that causes this to happen. Check your system for unwanted guests using your preferred antivirus application equipped with current updated set of viral reference signatures. I can't recall its name at the moment but have been aware of at least one trojan that causes this to happen. I would also strongly recommend that you install and use a firewall if you are not already doing so. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jim wrote: The CD drawer on my PC (ME edtion) pops out and closes randomly. Shutting down corrects the problem for an hour or so and then it re-occurs. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS. . |
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Oh, by the way, I haven't made any changes to my system.
-----Original Message----- Jim, How long has this been happening? What changes did you make to your system around the time that this started, both hardware and software, new and updated? There is at least one "joke" program around that causes this to happen. Check your system for unwanted guests using your preferred antivirus application equipped with current updated set of viral reference signatures. I can't recall its name at the moment but have been aware of at least one trojan that causes this to happen. I would also strongly recommend that you install and use a firewall if you are not already doing so. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jim wrote: The CD drawer on my PC (ME edtion) pops out and closes randomly. Shutting down corrects the problem for an hour or so and then it re-occurs. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS. . |
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