taking your last question, i've been heavily using 64bit win 7
ultimate for the last 3 months, no issues at all.

On 30/12/2009, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good people,
>
> I installed Windows 7 replacing Vista, and I'm not able to access CD or DVD
> through the ROM. I remember after installing the current OS, I watched a
> movie on my laptop, but all of a sudden, I can't find drive E: (which was my
> DVD drive).
>
> I have done a trouble shoot, run device manager and I seem to have been lost
> in the maze. Device manager shows the CD ROM but with a yellow tab on the
> left. I can't roll back the drive (the tab is blocked) but I can update and
> check the device status which states:* Windows cannot load the device driver
> for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39).
> *I have googled, searched on Microsoft website for help, but still I find
> myself in the deepest part of the maze. Restoring the system to an earlier
> point, does not help me either.
>
> I installed the same on a PC and it's working well. The DVD and CD are
> playing very well.
>
> Any one out there with a solution?
>
> BTW, is Windows 7, having issues as opposed to Vista?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau
> P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi
> Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041
>
> Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the
> same way to the side of a hill!
>
> AND
>
> It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity!
>
>
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> http://mburu.sikika.co.ke
>

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