Program CDs do not autoplay

[Lindsay]

An interesting puzzle....When i insert Audio CDs into the
CD-ROM or CD-RW (have 2 CD drives)it plays automatically.
However, if I inset a program CD (eg. game CD) it does not
auto play - even though these particular CDs used to do
this until very recently. Both CD drives have 'auto insert
notification' checked & 'disconnect' checked via Device
Manager (I assume they are SCSI devices). I have reset
these & restarted but no change.
My only clue is that my daughter has been playing around
with various media players and something may have been
altered. I have checked that Windows Media Player (9) is
the default player for all media files, but as I have
mentioned the glitch now only seems to be with program CDs.
A possibility is a reg edit ...perhaps ????
Anyone with any ideas?
Many thanks.
Lindsay

[Ron Badour]

When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these things in the order
listed:

Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click CDRom, double
click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto insert box is marked.

If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab and make sure the
CDRom entries are marked.

Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explore
r
In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun. If the value for
this entry is not the same as the following, right click the entry and
modify it: 95 00 00 00

Look at the information in this article and if appropriate, reverse the
things which are described that disable autorun:

How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio CDs to 126025
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Lindsay" > wrote in message
...
> An interesting puzzle....When i insert Audio CDs into the
> CD-ROM or CD-RW (have 2 CD drives)it plays automatically.
> However, if I inset a program CD (eg. game CD) it does not
> auto play - even though these particular CDs used to do
> this until very recently. Both CD drives have 'auto insert
> notification' checked & 'disconnect' checked via Device
> Manager (I assume they are SCSI devices). I have reset
> these & restarted but no change.
> My only clue is that my daughter has been playing around
> with various media players and something may have been
> altered. I have checked that Windows Media Player (9) is
> the default player for all media files, but as I have
> mentioned the glitch now only seems to be with program CDs.
> A possibility is a reg edit ...perhaps ????
> Anyone with any ideas?
> Many thanks.
> Lindsay
>

>-----Original Message-----
>When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these
things in the order
>listed:
>
>Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click
CDRom, double
>click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto
insert box is marked.
>
>If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab
and make sure the
>CDRom entries are marked.
>
>Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersio
n\Policies\Explore
>r
>In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun.
If the value for
>this entry is not the same as the following, right click
the entry and
>modify it: 95 00 00 00
>
>Look at the information in this article and if
appropriate, reverse the
>things which are described that disable autorun:
>
>How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio
CDs to 126025
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025
>
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

Ron,
Many thanks. I have already been through the procedure for
checking the 'auto insert' via Device Manger. That is done.
I do not have Tweak UI installed.
Which leaves the registry...perhaps something is changed
there. I checked the other day & I believe the values are
00 00 00 00 NOT 95 00 00 00. I was hesitant to alter that
withput being sure. Will try that tonight when I get home.
The 'dosconnect' check box is not an issue?
cheers
Lindsay

[Ron Badour]

I realized that you checked the first thing I recommended; however, I
provided a canned response and I figured you would just skip over it.

Check that registry entry and change it if necessary. You can also download
Tweak just to make sure those settings are correct: Tweak UI is available
from:
http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
Right-click the TweakUI.inf file and select install. Should a notice appear
saying a disk is required, click OK and another screen appears. Click
browse, go to the folder containing Tweak, OK and OK.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

> wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When the CDRom does not start automatically, try these
> things in the order
> >listed:
> >
> >Go to control panel, system, device manager, double click
> CDRom, double
> >click your CDRom, settings tab and make sure the auto
> insert box is marked.
> >
> >If you have Tweak UI installed, go to the Paranoia tab
> and make sure the
> >CDRom entries are marked.
> >
> >Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) to this key:
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersio
> n\Policies\Explore
> >r
> >In the right hand pane is an entry: NoDriveTypeAutoRun.
> If the value for
> >this entry is not the same as the following, right click
> the entry and
> >modify it: 95 00 00 00
> >
> >Look at the information in this article and if
> appropriate, reverse the
> >things which are described that disable autorun:
> >
> >How to Disable the Feature That Allows CD-ROMs and Audio
> CDs to 126025
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126025
> >
> >
> >--
> >Regards
> >
> >Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> >Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> >Knowledge Base Info:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
> Ron,
> Many thanks. I have already been through the procedure for
> checking the 'auto insert' via Device Manger. That is done.
> I do not have Tweak UI installed.
> Which leaves the registry...perhaps something is changed
> there. I checked the other day & I believe the values are
> 00 00 00 00 NOT 95 00 00 00. I was hesitant to alter that
> withput being sure. Will try that tonight when I get home.
> The 'dosconnect' check box is not an issue?
> cheers
> Lindsay
>

[Lindsay]

>-----Original Message-----
>I realized that you checked the first thing I
recommended; however, I
>provided a canned response and I figured you would just
skip over it.
>
>Check that registry entry and change it if necessary.
You can also download
>Tweak just to make sure those settings are correct:
Tweak UI is available
>from:
>http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstation/downloads/PowerToys
/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
>Right-click the TweakUI.inf file and select install.
Should a notice appear
>saying a disk is required, click OK and another screen
appears. Click
>browse, go to the folder containing Tweak, OK and OK.
>
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

Thanks Ron. I'll try it tonight (our time)

[Lindsay]

Ron,
many thanks ...edited reg & problem now solved