I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.

Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????

The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to Vista.
Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd burning
software built in.

"vivienrose1" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
> driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>
> Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>
>[/color]

I paid someone to install vista for me.... Now I cannot get it out of
add/remove programs. Thanks for your help tho this is so frustrating.
Everything is working fine except for that and the screensaver prob.

"Mary" wrote:
[color=blue]
> The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to Vista.
> Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd burning
> software built in.
>
> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> >
> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> >
> >[/color][/color]

I have this issue too. I uninstalled the application that included DLA many
months ago (I think it was Easy CD Creator 5) but it left behind a bunch of
files, including drivers that still aopparently load even though they're not
needed. The add/remove programs function in control panel cannot unload
these stray files.

I used the Vista event log to identify them. That identified a bunch of
files in the i386 folder and the system32/drivers sub-folder. I set about
renaming them as 'bak' files and then rebooting to see if the Compatibility
Assistant warning stopped. Renaming the files in the i386 folder had no
effect. However, renaming the two driver files in the system32/driver folder
caused the PC to abort at bootup. I could not even boot in safe mode or
boot to a dos prompt to rename the driver files. I had to use the Vista
install disk to restore the drivers.

For what it's worth, the files in system32/drivers are DRVMCDB.SYS ver
3.30.4.0 and DRVNDDM.SYS ver 3.0.0.0. The properties tabs identify Sonic
Solutions as the author. What I seem to need to remove the Compatibility
Assistant warnings are Vista compatible versions of these files.

Eyespy1



"vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3430498-D194-4EF1-94BE-EC930DFE97A1@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I paid someone to install vista for me.... Now I cannot get it out of
> add/remove programs. Thanks for your help tho this is so frustrating.
> Everything is working fine except for that and the screensaver prob.
>
> "Mary" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to
>> Vista.
>> Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd
>> burning
>> software built in.
>>
>> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First
>> > I
>> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
>> > the
>> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>> >
>> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>> >
>> >[/color][/color][/color]

I have the same problem. Roxio are aware and working on a solution:

[url]http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Creator/000131CR[/url]

Victor


"vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:93C1CCB1-4F4C-4140-8165-7AA06253AA58@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
> the
> driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>
> Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>
>[/color]

I had the exact thing happen to me. Constant PCA notifications. I renamed
the files after being unable to uninstall the app and couldn't boot. I fixed
it using the installation disk as well. PCA notification continued.

But I finally seemed to have gotten rid of it. The drivers still appear in
device manager,disbled (as before), but the PCA is gone. The last thing I
had done was install an optional "Windows Update", but that was for a fix in
the search engine. I did follow a set of instructions from this board (a
post by "cash" I think), but I had rebooted since then and still had the
problem.

Now if nVidia could just whip up some decent drivers for their 6200 256MB
PCI card,
I could make this my primary machine.

"Eyespy1" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have this issue too. I uninstalled the application that included DLA many
> months ago (I think it was Easy CD Creator 5) but it left behind a bunch of
> files, including drivers that still aopparently load even though they're not
> needed. The add/remove programs function in control panel cannot unload
> these stray files.
>
> I used the Vista event log to identify them. That identified a bunch of
> files in the i386 folder and the system32/drivers sub-folder. I set about
> renaming them as 'bak' files and then rebooting to see if the Compatibility
> Assistant warning stopped. Renaming the files in the i386 folder had no
> effect. However, renaming the two driver files in the system32/driver folder
> caused the PC to abort at bootup. I could not even boot in safe mode or
> boot to a dos prompt to rename the driver files. I had to use the Vista
> install disk to restore the drivers.
>
> For what it's worth, the files in system32/drivers are DRVMCDB.SYS ver
> 3.30.4.0 and DRVNDDM.SYS ver 3.0.0.0. The properties tabs identify Sonic
> Solutions as the author. What I seem to need to remove the Compatibility
> Assistant warnings are Vista compatible versions of these files.
>
> Eyespy1
>
>
>
> "vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3430498-D194-4EF1-94BE-EC930DFE97A1@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I paid someone to install vista for me.... Now I cannot get it out of
> > add/remove programs. Thanks for your help tho this is so frustrating.
> > Everything is working fine except for that and the screensaver prob.
> >
> > "Mary" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to
> >> Vista.
> >> Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd
> >> burning
> >> software built in.
> >>
> >> "vivienrose1" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First
> >> > I
> >> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
> >> > the
> >> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> >> >
> >> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> >> >
> >> >[/color][/color]
>
>[/color]

My Upgrade Advisor never warned me of this prior to installation, so I
assumed everything was OK until I upgraded to VISTA

"Mary" wrote:
[color=blue]
> The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to Vista.
> Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd burning
> software built in.
>
> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> >
> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> >
> >[/color][/color]

I'm just going to wait for Roxio to make public the FIX patch.
Thanks for the info Victor :)

"Victor Papa" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have the same problem. Roxio are aware and working on a solution:
>
> [url]http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Creator/000131CR[/url]
>
> Victor
>
>
> "vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93C1CCB1-4F4C-4140-8165-7AA06253AA58@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
> > the
> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> >
> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

Here's a funny rub! I had the same error for days. I NEVER used Sonic DLA -
EVER. It was never installed as a stand-alone program on my laptop. Here's
where it gets funny... I have a Media Center laptop from Dell. I don't know
which giant decided to embed the drivers for Sonic within Media Center, but
people, they are there. I'm not certain if it's in the newest Media Center or
just in the original. If you search your registry for SonicMCEBurnEngine
you'll find the culprit. I deleted everything referring to this key, value,
string that had anything to do with disk creation and my error is gone. I use
Nero for burning and only use Media Center to listen to music or watch the
occasional video. Everything seems to work fine for me, but I would tread
cautiously if you're going to tweak your registry. Just thought you'd find
this interesting.

"Rebecca" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'm just going to wait for Roxio to make public the FIX patch.
> Thanks for the info Victor :)
>
> "Victor Papa" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I have the same problem. Roxio are aware and working on a solution:
> >
> > [url]http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Creator/000131CR[/url]
> >
> > Victor
> >
> >
> > "vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:93C1CCB1-4F4C-4140-8165-7AA06253AA58@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > >I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
> > > the
> > > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> > >
> > > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color][/color]

DLA compat issue update... Well once I got rid of the error some other issues
popped up. I decided to backup my system and clean install. Vista seems to be
working a lot smoother on the clean system. The Media Center that was OEM
packaged (Dell) seemed to be my issue. There were also a few additional
driver issues that apparently didn't get resolved by simply upgrading the
previous OS - definitely an OEM issue. Hope this helps someone else

"Geri" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Here's a funny rub! I had the same error for days. I NEVER used Sonic DLA -
> EVER. It was never installed as a stand-alone program on my laptop. Here's
> where it gets funny... I have a Media Center laptop from Dell. I don't know
> which giant decided to embed the drivers for Sonic within Media Center, but
> people, they are there. I'm not certain if it's in the newest Media Center or
> just in the original. If you search your registry for SonicMCEBurnEngine
> you'll find the culprit. I deleted everything referring to this key, value,
> string that had anything to do with disk creation and my error is gone. I use
> Nero for burning and only use Media Center to listen to music or watch the
> occasional video. Everything seems to work fine for me, but I would tread
> cautiously if you're going to tweak your registry. Just thought you'd find
> this interesting.
>
> "Rebecca" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I'm just going to wait for Roxio to make public the FIX patch.
> > Thanks for the info Victor :)
> >
> > "Victor Papa" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > I have the same problem. Roxio are aware and working on a solution:
> > >
> > > [url]http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Creator/000131CR[/url]
> > >
> > > Victor
> > >
> > >
> > > "vivienrose1" <vivienrose1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:93C1CCB1-4F4C-4140-8165-7AA06253AA58@microsoft.com...
> > > >I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > > > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
> > > > the
> > > > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> > > >
> > > > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >[/color][/color][/color]

Well, ACTUALLY, I just bought a brand-new $1500 computer from Dell, I boot
it up the very first time, it connects to the internet, automagically
downloads the latest batch of "fixes" from Microsoft, and BOOM, I get the
"Sonic DLA Incompatibility" problem that wastes several minutes of my time
every time I need to reboot, which is still like almost all the time when one
is installing new apps on a brand new computer.

And I cannot remove "Sonic DLA" from the programs list because it was never
an installed program on the computer.

I really don't care if this is a Microsoft, Dell, or Sonic problem. They
just need to FIX IT or a pox on all their houses!

And no, I DO NOT want to start hacking the registry on a brand new computer
running a brand new copy of Vista!

"Mary" wrote:
[color=blue]
> The upgrade advisor warns you to uninstall dla before you upgrade to Vista.
> Go to Add/remove programs and see if you can do it now. Vista has dvd burning
> software built in.
>
> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> > keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
> > driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
> >
> > Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
> >
> >[/color][/color]

have any of you checked out the Roxio user groups? There are a few work
arounds posted there including unistalling Drag ro Disk, a link to a fix, and
canceling MS updates.

"vivienrose1" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
> keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download the
> driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>
> Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>
>[/color]

There is a patch now available.
[url]http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/vista/d2d_update.html[/url]

"Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B69E892-FF01-49EF-BCA7-1877ED7E4E64@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
> have any of you checked out the Roxio user groups? There are a few work
> arounds posted there including unistalling Drag ro Disk, a link to a fix,
> and
> canceling MS updates.
>
> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First I
>> keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
>> the
>> driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>>
>> Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>>
>>[/color][/color]

Is DLA even needed with Vista? I had it on my former XP system so I
could access my R/W DVD drive directly via a drive letter. But Vista
seems to have this support built in.
--
Birk Binnard
[url]http://www.birkbinnard.com[/url]

WOW!

Roxio has made a huge jump forward. Their previous patch was a full install
of Roxio Drag-To-Disk, and upgraded any version of Roxio that utilized the
same.

Their new patch is only for CD/DVD Creator 9. And, they have pulled the
earlier patch.

Original patch was d2d3290.exe and was about 16 meg

The current patch version is d2d32_90_905.exe and is 1.9 meg.
--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Goldlexus" <nospamallowed@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:qVxUh.6285$uF1.2479@trndny04...[color=blue]
> There is a patch now available.
> [url]http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/vista/d2d_update.html[/url]
>
> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7B69E892-FF01-49EF-BCA7-1877ED7E4E64@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> have any of you checked out the Roxio user groups? There are a few work
>> arounds posted there including unistalling Drag ro Disk, a link to a fix,
>> and
>> canceling MS updates.
>>
>> "vivienrose1" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I installed Vista, everything is working fine with 2 exceptions. First
>>> I
>>> keep getting the Sonic DLA in incompatible with vista, I go to download
>>> the
>>> driver and there is nothing there, I cannot burn a DVD now.
>>>
>>> Also my screensaver does not come on in Vista, any ideas????
>>>
>>>[/color][/color]
>[/color]