My mp3 player is acting up whenever I try putting on music or correct it it says the disc is write protected and that I need to remove it from the mp3 player. How do I remove it? And the thing is there's no slide or anything to remove it.:confused:
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My mp3 player is acting up whenever I try putting on music or correct it it says the disc is write protected and that I need to remove it from the mp3 player. How do I remove it? And the thing is there's no slide or anything to remove it.:confused:
This works if your mp3 player or usb flash device works fine with other computers.
Registry
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For XP Machines Only
"To reverse, just delete the new WriteProtect value (or set the value to 0) and restart the computer."Quote:
1) Click Start->Run.
2)Type regedit and hit enter.
4)Click on the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
5)Click on the plus sign next to SYSTEM
6)Click on the plus sign next to CurrentControlSet
7)Click on the plus sign next to Control
8)Click on the plus sign next to StorageDevicePolicies
9)Write click on WriteProtect and click modify.
10)If the value data is 1 change it 0 and click OK.
11)Repeat steps 7 to 10 for ControlSet001 and ControlSet002 .
12)Close Registry editor and restart the computer.
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If you don't find it in the registry, the best way is to create it yourself. Below is the procedure.
Start the Registry Editor
Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key
If there is no key called StorageDevicePolicies, create it
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You do this by right-clicking the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key, and selecting New > Key from the menu.
Select the StorageDevicePolicies key
From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD Value
Name the new value WriteProtect
Right-click the WriteProtect value and choose Modify
In the Value Data: box enter 1
Exit the registry editor, and restart your computer
There should be a lock sign near the power button, just flick it up
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