HP DVDRAM GU60N driver registry erro

System: Pavillion m6; Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Problem: Yellow Exclamation Mark in Device Manager  "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)" for the device HP dvdRAM GU60N."
Note: A similar problem seemed to have be resolved for another participants in this forum. I followed the step but no luck. Thank you.
Tora L

Hi,
Try following the procedure under the sub-heading Resolution – Method 3: Manually fix corrupted registry entries on the link below to remove the Upper and Lower filters and see if this helps the issue.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
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