Have you ever had the annoying message on Windows XP indicating "New Hardware Found"....and then prompts you to select the path of the driver file? Or have you booted your PC and later on found that your CD/DVD Rom is missing and no matter what you do it just won't install? Well this might just help you out.
Regedit to the rescue (Modify at your own Risk)
Caution: Editing your registry may cause your system to fail to start; modify at your own risk! So please don't send me any nasty messages if you happen to screw anything up.
- Click on "Start" > "Run" and type "regedit" (without the quotes, please!).
- Navigate to the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
- Look for any of the following keys "LowerFilters" and/or "UpperFilters" and delete them.
- Close the Registry Editor screen and "Restart" your PC (yep! the famous Microsoft refresh). That should do the trick. You may need to restart more than once if you have multiple CD/DVD Rom Drives installed.