What is it you're trying to un-install? Updates or the Windows 10 Upgrade?

I couldn't remove 1 or the 2 updates in Windows 10 that broke my system. That forced me to go back to Windows 7 because...

The Windows 7 key will be on the COA (license) sticker somewhere on your computer case. It will likely be on the bottom of a laptop, or the sides, back, or bottom of the case depending on the...

Would you mind posting a like when you get things figured out, or find some resources on the subject? Several folks I know are going through the same thing with HIPPA compliance.

Always make sure you have anything you don't want to loose backed up elsewhere before making major changes to your system! This includes pictures, videos, music, etc. Any data files you don't want to...

I still have the Windows 7 Home Premium disk from the other machine I built & the Windows 7 COA (aka License) on the laptop. All I had to do was download some utilities and drivers from the...

Sadly I have had to return to Windows 7, which originally came on my laptop. It works with no problem. The last 2 updates for Win 10 really finished it for me because it made the system unusable for...

You are really the only one who can answer that question. :)

If everything is working okay for you in Windows 10, I'd leave things alone. The old adage about, "If it isn't broken don't fix it."...

Love your choice of words, "less insidious updates." That's what is seems like when they quietly install an update that breaks your system. Thanks for the head's up about WHdownloader and the Windows...

I don't know why the install is failing on that particular update, but it installed on my laptop and I wish it hadn't. The thread I posted on it can be found here:...

I would if I could, but that doesn't seem to be an option.

While I was able to uninstall KB3081444, the other one, KB3081441 doesn't show an uninstall option on the menu and I'm not sure at this...

I'm not sure which update it was, but both KB3081441 & KB3081444 installed on the August 19th and now my laptop doesn't want to turn all the way off on shut down. It will do a restart normally, but I...

Good to know. :) Thanks.

Try loading the chipset drivers for your IDE/SATA controller. I have an ASUS laptop that Win 10 loaded the generic IDE/SATA driver & had my DVD drive go missing. Installed the chip set drivers from...

Well . . . its fixed for the most part, as you can see from the above posts. :) Part of the problem was the SATA controller driver on my Asus a53z laptop. Windows 10 used a generic driver, but...

Update:

This fix worked - but only once, then the dvd disappeared again and I think it may be time to start a new thread because something else is clearing going on here. I'll do some more...

Thank you very much! That fixed it for the most part, though device manager locked up on me but rebooting again cleared it up. We'll see how things go from here though.

I thought I had installed...

Okay, thanks for something else to try. :)

Only problem is that didn't fix it either. The DVD is still in "other devices" in Device Mgr, but the properties show it correctly identified and that...

Cumulative Update KB3081424 installed okay for me. Things seem to have a bit more "snap" now, seems to have sped things up somewhat from what I can tell. One thing hasn't changed though: my DVD drive...

Welcome to Windows 10 & you are not alone in having your DVD go missing. :) So did mine. I've posted a few things to another thread about this and so have others. You may find a solution to your...

Thanks, but already tried those things and they didn't work.

Question: Would anyone with a working DVD drive in Win 10 be willing to post the contents of these 2 registry keys?
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Update:

Ran some other diagnostics and got some errors, but I'm not certain where to go from here. The laptop had the Windows 10 update, followed by a clean install. Here's the logs from the SFC...

Gave that a shot -- and no joy. The DVD is still listed under "Other Devices" in Device Manager:

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Everything else works on the laptop, even sleep mode, so this is more than just a...

Thanks for this! You not the only folks dealing with this problem. :)

I've been having the missing DVD drive issue ever since Win 10 was installed. I'm going to give this a try and see what...

I'm having a similar missing DVD drive problem on my system also. Here's some system specs:

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics,...