chinese whispers revisited

[chewy]

what lower filters are considered safe?

 

it would seem anydvd and clone's are

Edited July 5, 2006 by chewy

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I've got quite a few listed on mine and don't have any problems.

 

If there are some you're asking about in particular, it might be better to name them and provide version numbers etc.

[chewy]

Driver Name: elbycdfl.sys

File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers

File Description: ElbyCDIO Filter Driver

File Version: 4, 2, 0, 0 [4.2.0.0]

Product Name: CloneCD

Product Version: 4, 2, 0, 0 [4.2.0.0]

Company Name: Elaborate Bytes AG

 

Driver Name: anydvd.sys

File Location: c:\windows\system32\drivers

File Description: AnyDVD Filter Driver

File Version: 6.0.1.1 [6.0.1.1]

Product Name: AnyDVD

Product Version: 6.0.1.1 [6.0.1.1]

Company Name: SlySoft, Inc.

 

the first one I have been testing for a few years, the second one others claim is safe

 

I am blacklisting all sonic/gear ones and adaptec aspi's

Edited July 5, 2006 by chewy

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Yeah they're both fine.

 

I have gear and sonic ones on my pc too and as I say, no problems so far.

 

Maybe older verions caused problems but I'd hope those bugs have been ironed out by now.

[chewy]

are any of the adaptec aspi's safe with windows xp?

Edited July 10, 2006 by chewy

[LIGHTNING UK!]

4.71.2 is quoted (by Adaptec's site) as being ok for XP.

 

However, no up-to-date software should really rely on that now.

It only works with IDE and SCSI devices so is useless for people that rely on USB/Firewire for connecting their drives.

 

I don't think ASPI gets listed as a filter driver anyway, it takes its own route to the drive whereby it bypasses everything else.

[chewy]

would that make imgburn using the spti interface bulletproof from aspi?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Yeah, there's no reason for a version of ASPI to have any effect on SPTI - or at least not that I know of.

 

Apart from little tools that the cdfreaks people seem to make, nobody uses the 'system wide' aspi now. If you're trying to diagnose problems with someones pc, just tell them to take aspi off!

 

That forceaspi util can be used to remove the relevant files + reg entries.

[chewy]

I had jmet extract killaspi and host it for me so as not to confuse the

person being helped. Glad to know it's not an issue with imgburn,

I suspected as much, that's OK gear/sonic can hose that spti bus

well enough. Must be the older versions tho.

 

I really enjoyed a thread over at cdfreaks from a few years ago on these issues, trying to get an update on it. Thanks LuK!

Edited July 10, 2006 by chewy