So you're lonely, it's late, and all you want is a companion. So you dig out your old Michael Bolton CD, he always comforts you. Today will be no exception.
You place the CD in to the CD-ROM, CD-WR, DVD-ROM, or DVD+-RW of your Windows XP or Vista computer, and wait for the magic to happen. Waiting, waiting, wai... WHAT THE £µ(|≤?!?!?!?! WHY DO I HAVE NO MUSIC?
So you look in My Computer, or Computer in Vista, and there is no CD/DVD drive. Why me? Why now?
So now you check the Device Manager by going to Control Panels, then System, then Hardware and you see your optical drive has blasted little yellow exclamation point next to it. You double click it, and it says something like "Error Code 39" inside. Or "Windows cannot load the device driver for theis hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"
Fret not, my friend, for the solution is near.
Hit Start, then Run, and type in regedit and press Enter. Drill down by hitting the (+) plus signs next to: +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE +SYSTEM +CurrentControlSet +Control +Class +{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
If you see any of the following on the right side, right click and Delete them: -UpperFilters LowerFilters UpperFilters.bak LowerFilters.bak
Close the Registry Editor Reboot your PC Enjoy your Michael Bolton CD
De-Porning another PC. Another one that should have been using something better than AVG. Live and learh, eh?
Anyway, this one had a few issues that all came back to one, simple solution. The issues I had were:
Could not start the Event Log Service on Local Computer. Error 126: The specified module cannot be found
And the Task Scheduler was similar: Error 1717: The interface is unknown
There are several other services and programs that this could effect. A lot of things depend on the Event Log service to function correctly. The fix is simple:
The copy above is in a zipped folder. Double click the zipped folder, then copy the eventlog.dll file. Go to C:\Windows\System32 and paste it in there.
Now, to start the services hit the Start button, then run, and type in services.msc before hitting OK. Navigate to the the Event Log service, right click it, and hit Start. Repeat with the Task Scheduler or any other failed services as needed.
...is something I hear a lot. It doesn't give me much of a starting point, but I'm up for the challenge. Here are some general instructions on what to do first when you computer is not acting like it should, is slow, or I just told you to start here. Jump right in:
I installed Windows 7 now six full days ago, and just yesterday I was thinking that everything just didn't sound as loud as it used to. Well, there is a reason for that, and a good one at that. Microsoft has added many "enhancements" to the audio playback used by Windows, but you need to find them to tweak them. Here's how:
Right click on your Speakers icon in the System Tray (that area usually in the lower-right corner with the clock) and go to Playback Devices.
Once there, double click Speakers.
Now you have some choices! Here they are:
Some of this will depend on your tastes, but I'm on a laptop. Little speakers never have enough low end so I enabled the Bass Boos right away. From there, it gets even better.
Virtual Surround - adds the ability to easily connect a Dolby 5.1 receiver and configure it.
Room Correction - provides a wizard that automatically enhances your sound to compensage for room and speaker characteristics.
Loudness Equalization - reduces perceived volume differences - e.g. every MP3 will have the same volume.
Room Correction requires a microphone to allow the wizard to both play some spacey sounds and hear them. Somehow, it then computes how Windows should best play everything that comes out of your speakers. It works.
Loudness Equalization is just a good idea. Don't you hate it when you are watching TV and you can barely hear the show you are watching and then the commercials blow you out of the room? This tries to fix that. This feature is already included in many media players, but is a nice add to Windows.
With the Bass Boost, Room Correction, and Loudness Equalization all enabled, my little laptop sounds better than ever. Everything is plenty loud now, I can share Wiener Dog on a Minimoog to everyone in the offce and the allegedly harmon/kardon speakers actually sound great. Overall, now that I've figured out how to do it, my PC's sound is greatly improved over Vista.
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