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R7000 Nighthawk Locks/Blocks CD/DVD Drive
Hello, R7000 Nighthawk updated to latest firmware within the past month. I don't know where to find the version via the Genie software, but there are no newer firmware updates available to me. ...
Hello Again Folks,
Yesterday afternoon, Netgear sent me an email wanting me to to test a new version of Genie. Upon opening my email today and seeing the notice, I downloaded and installed the updated version and put it to tthe test.
I am happy to report that I did not find any issues with this updated version of the Genie software!!!
I would guess that it will be made available for download soon.
Sincerely.
Mike Zinkan
Thanks for your response.
OK, I diabled NETGEAR Genie from autostarting and had no problems accessing data discs in my optical drive.
I started Genie, and could not access my optical drive (it went through the same routine of ejecting and asking for a blank disc).
I opened Unlocker, and Genie was again the culprit, so I unlocked the drive.
I could then access the data disc.
This is repeatable.
There were no applications running via Task Manager.
SO, the problem IS the Genie program. For what it's worth, my Genie program is v2.4.26.
I will look for a way to notify NETGEAR about this particular issue.
Hello,
I don't see a way to contact Support to advise them of my issue, without paying to do so.
If anyone has access, please forward my issue to them.
Thank you in advance,
Mike
Just learn to live without Genie. Real man does not use stuff like that. He can do everything with his own hands, LOL!
I never use Genie from day 1 when I picked up NG product. Now I just pretend there is no Genie out there. No wasting time
with frustration, peace of mind. IMO. Genie will never be a perfect product because new stuffs keep coming out.
People using other brand routers chugg along OK without omething like Genie. Oh, I just noticed Synology came out
with router manager V1. for their router.
Sure you don't need it, you can do about the same things with a browser. Still, if it is broke, it should be fixed. Some people may want to use it, so it should work, period.
I never use it myself, but I did test to see if the problem was real, and I had the problem. Don't now, but have no clue why?
Yesrs ago when Genie was first introduced it was advertised a lot. Sounding like it'd do pretty well all for you. Over the years more devices came out, it's been changind for the better but as far as I can see it holds the user from gaining real networking knowledge. Look at the topics come on the forum. How many times Genie confuses and causes frustration for specially new users. I often ask if the poster is using Genie as a first question. Non NG brand users get along without anything like Genie. Genie also eats some memory space and cpu time when it is running in the back ground. In the days of DOS we all had to type this and that. Maybe then people were smarter? I often wonder.
