OK – after an hour or so of faffing around :knock: , I think that I have found a possible solution
. The problem seems to be something to do with Microsoft’s SP2
!
Here’s what worked for me (sorry for the Idiot’s Guide approach, but I
used to :hotbounce hate it :hotbounce when I used forums and couldn’t
understand what the technobabble meant!):
- Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ (without the speachmarks) > Enter
- Single-click on ‘My Computer’ > File > Export > save it to the Desktop (Always best to have a backup!!)
- Go to the following:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDeviceP olicies
*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text above, there shouldn't be, OK*
- Double click on the string ‘WriteProtect’ and change the ‘Value Data’ box to ‘0’
- Then: File > Export > save somewhere useful as something like ‘StorageDevicePolicies001.reg’
- You also need to do this for the strings in any folders called
‘ControlSet***’ (* = any Digit, i.e. 001, 002) – for example:
Everything is the same, just change ‘CurrentControlSet’ to
‘ControlSet***’
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\StorageDevicePolic ies
*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text above, there shouldn't be, OK*
- Save these to the same place as before as ‘StorageDevicePolicies00*’
The saves are in case it reverts at a later date, just double click
(saying ‘yes’ to importing these to the registry) on all of the files
and it will all work again!
Thanks to Fatbird
