Bruce: This help is to the credit of jdxx on SI: Scroll down the page about 3/4 of the way, the registry fix took care of the false DVD device driver hold up: <A HREF="http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=2&SiteID=17&PostID=485764" target="_blank">http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=2&SiteID=17&PostID=485764</A> Thanks, George