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  1. April 30th, 2006, 11:50 AM #1
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    my computer thinks my dvd drive is a scanner

     
    I have an HP Pavilion, AMD Athlon XP, 2600+, 2.08gz computer running Win XP Home. I also have an HP DVD writer 300c.

    My computer seems to think my dvd writer is a scanner. Whenever I put a dvd into the drive, I get the little window at the bottom right of my screen above the task bar which is like a timer looking for a scanner.

    What gives? I am open to suggestions as to how to fix this. Everytime I contact HP, they tell me to wipe the hard drive and then reinstall everything. This is a pretty poor excuse for an answer as far a I am concerned.

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  2. April 30th, 2006, 11:56 AM #2
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    Is your dvd writer an external USB model?
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  3. May 1st, 2006, 09:39 AM #3
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    No, it is internal.


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  4. May 1st, 2006, 10:16 AM #4
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    This sounds like an autoplay issue. Go to the drive properties and set all media to "Take no action". If that stops this behavior, you're all set.
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  5. May 1st, 2006, 12:11 PM #5
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    dvd drive thinks it is a scanner

    I just set all properties to "take no action" and it did not fix the problem.

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  6. May 1st, 2006, 02:24 PM #6
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    Do you have a scanner program that runs in the system tray? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it?
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  7. May 1st, 2006, 02:29 PM #7
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    my computer thinks my dvd drive is a scanner

    I have the HP photo scanner 1000 and uninstalling it does not change anything.

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  8. May 1st, 2006, 02:38 PM #8
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    What kind of DVDs are you inserting that do this? All DVDs do that same thing?
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