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To: Elroy who wrote (264847)	12/16/2005 8:52:56 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

"How can I try to have my PC recognize the DVD-CD-RW drive again (it seems to have vanished)?" If you have a D: drive, it is recognized, else the icon wouldn't show up. If you aren't getting an error telling you there isn't any media in the drive, then the drive is reporting the media, just not reading the contents. It could be that the disk is bad or your drive has died. Optical drives tend to do that in my experience...

To: Elroy who wrote (264847)	12/16/2005 10:39:36 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

Did you by any chance download songs from a Sony CD? Mark Russinovich was doing a routine test this week of computer security software he'd co-written, when he made a surprising discovery: Something new was hiding itself deep inside his PC's guts. It took some time for Russinovich, an experienced programmer who has written a book on the Windows operating system for Microsoft, to track down exactly what was happening, but he ultimately traced it to code left behind by a recent CD he'd bought and played on his computer. news.com.com A SonyBMG representative said the software could be easily uninstalled, by contacting the company's customer support service for instructions. Those instructions are not specifically available on the Web site that answers questions about the company's copy protection tools. earvolution.com AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today sued SONY BMG Music Entertainment as the first state in the nation to bring legal action against SONY for illegal "spyware." The suit is also the first filed under the state's spyware law of 2005. It alleges the company surreptitiously installed the spyware on millions of compact music discs (CDs) that consumers inserted into their computers when they play the CDs, which can compromise the systems.