JSI Tip 6179. STOP 0x0000007B after you remove Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum edition from Windows 2000?

Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to start the computer.

If you need a third-party hard disk controller, press S tospecify an additional device, and then insert the floppy disk that contains thecorrect driver for the hard disk controller.

Press R to repair a Windows 2000 installation.

Press C to use the recovery console.

Log on to the Windows installation that you want and typethe Administrator password.

Change to the%windir%System32Config directory. To do this,type the following command at the C:Winnt prompt(where C: is the drive andWinnt is the directory where Windows 2000 isinstalled), and then press ENTER:
chdir system32config

Type ren system system.old, and thenpress ENTER.

Type copyC:winntrepairsystem,and then press ENTER. The following information appears:

1 file(s) copied.

Type exit, and then press ENTER toquit the recovery console and restart Windows.

If Windows does notstart successfully, go to the "Method 2: Disable the Easy CD Creator Services"section of this article.

Log on to Windows asAdministrator.

Click Start, click Run,type regedt32 in the Open box, and thenclick OK.

Click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then click Load Hive on theRegistry menu.

Go to the C:WinntSystem32Config folder, click System.old, and then clickOpen.

In the Key Name box, typetest, and then click OK.

Theoriginal System hive is loaded under the current HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive as test.

Go to the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEtestControlSet001ControlClass\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

In the right pane of Registry Editor, clickLowerFilters, and then click Delete on theEdit menu. Click Yes to confirm thedeletion.

In the right pane of Registry Editor, clickUpperFilters, and then click Delete on theEdit menu. Click Yes to confirm thedeletion.

Go to the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEtestControlSet001ControlClass\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

In the right pane of Registry Editor, double-clickUpperFilters.

In the Data box, delete the PrtSeqRd.sys entry, and then click OK. If you are prompted toallow Registry Editor to remove the empty string, clickOK.

Go to the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEtestControlSet001Services

Disable the services that correspond to the followingregistry subkeys, if they are present, by changing the Startvalue to 4:
Cdr4_2K
Cdralw2k
cdudf
dvd_2K
mmc_2K
PrtSeqRd
pwd_2K
UdfReadr
To do this, click a subkey (for example, click Cdr4_2K), double-click Start in the right pane ofRegistry Editor, type 4 in the Databox, and then click OK.

Repeat steps 15 through 22 for all other ControlSet00 entries (such as ControlSet002) under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEtest registry subkey.

Unload the System.old registry hive:

Quit Registry Editor, and then reload the original registrySystem hive:

Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to start thecomputer.

If you need a third-party hard disk controller, press S tospecify an additional device, and then insert the floppy disk that contains thecorrect driver for the hard disk controller.

Press R to repair a Windows 2000 installation.

Press C to use the recovery console.

Log on to the Windows installation that you want, and thentype the Administrator password.

Change to the%windir%System32Config directory. To do this,type the following command at the C:Winnt prompt,and then press ENTER:
chdir system32config

Type ren system system.xxx, and thenpress ENTER.

Type ren system.old system, and thenpress ENTER.

Change to the%windir%System32Drivers directory. To do this,type the following command at theC:WinntSystem32Config prompt, and then pressENTER:
chdir C:winntSystem32Drivers

Type ren prtseqrd.sys prtseqrd.old,and then press ENTER.

Type copy diskperf.sys prtseqrd.sys,and then press ENTER.

Disable the following Roxio services, if present:
Cdr4_2K
Cdralw2k
cdudf
dvd_2K
mmc_2K
PrtSeqRd
pwd_2K
UdfReadr
To do this, type disableservicename, and then press ENTER, whereservicename is the name of one of the services thatis listed in this step. For example, type disablecdr4_2k, and then press ENTER.

If the following files are present in theC:WinntSystem32Driversdirectory, change their file extensions to .old:
Cdr4_2K.sys
Cdralw2k.sys
Cdudf.sys
To do so:

Type exit, and then press ENTER toquit the recovery console and restart the computer. Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROMto start the computer, press ENTER to set up Windows, and then press R torepair the current Windows installation.