Pointer problem

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Barry Thomas

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.
 
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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Take the CD out of the cdrom drive.
 
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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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.
 
Barry said:
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.
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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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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.
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Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
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I have no CDs in any drives (there are 2 one read one
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burn) It is blinking all the time. All the time regardless.
Do I have to reinstall drivers?
 
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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The CD drive with the blinking LED is your CD burner. The LED is
supposed to blink all the time.
 
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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
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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.
 
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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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
 
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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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/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you do not have SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/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.
 
Thank you.
I'll try your solution first Rob(seems easier), then I'll
try what Sharon suggested.
 
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