Guest robkat08@gmail.com Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 i tried to put in a game cd,and nothing happened..no message asking what to do with cd or anything like that....same with blank discs...my power went out and computer shutdown earlier in day......where do i look to fix? I would really appreciate any help i can get as im rather new at this...have a nice day....
Guest philo Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens <robkat08@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7382ed03-6283-40e5-882c-cfc2c5dd4920@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > i tried to put in a game cd,and nothing happened..no message asking > what to do with cd or anything like that....same with blank discs...my > power went out and computer shutdown earlier in day......where do i > look to fix? I would really appreciate any help i can get as im rather > new at this...have a nice day.... with the disk in the drive go to MY Computer and click on the cdrom icon
Guest Don Phillipson Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens <robkat08@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7382ed03-6283-40e5-882c-cfc2c5dd4920@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >i tried to put in a game cd,and nothing happened..no message asking > what to do with cd or anything like that....same with blank discs...my > power went out and computer shutdown earlier in day......where do i > look to fix? Be warned that power outages can damage the operating system enough to require reinstallation. But your post did not suggest this had happened, i.e. you did not say the PC would not reboot or behaved abnormally. My Computer and TweakUI settings govern whether a CD drive will spontaneously run SETUP or other executables that may be in a CD root directory. This feature was (before XP) usually called AUTORUN and is described in your Help file. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens He wants to know why Auto Insert Notification isn't working, not how to get around it. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message news:%23CscTSRVIHA.3440@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > <robkat08@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:7382ed03-6283-40e5-882c-cfc2c5dd4920@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> i tried to put in a game cd,and nothing happened..no message asking >> what to do with cd or anything like that....same with blank discs...my >> power went out and computer shutdown earlier in day......where do i >> look to fix? I would really appreciate any help i can get as im rather >> new at this...have a nice day.... > > with the disk in the drive > > go to MY Computer > > and click on the cdrom icon > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens 1. Right-click My Computer, then click Properties, then click on the Device Manager tab. 2. Click the + sign by "CDROM", then double-click the CD drive itself (if you have more than one, you'll have to check them all.) 3. Now click the Settings tab and look for "Auto Insert Notification" is checked. If not, check it. If checked, uncheck it, then click OK, then click Close and restart your system. If you previously UNchecked the item, you'll have to go back and go through the whole procedure again to re-check it. BUT!!! It sounds like the Registry got corrupted and this may just be one sign, and there may be other things gone wrong that you just haven't encountered yet. I suggest you restore a Registry backup. Is this a recent event? How long ago did the power outage occur? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com <robkat08@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7382ed03-6283-40e5-882c-cfc2c5dd4920@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >i tried to put in a game cd,and nothing happened..no message asking > what to do with cd or anything like that....same with blank discs...my > power went out and computer shutdown earlier in day......where do i > look to fix? I would really appreciate any help i can get as im rather > new at this...have a nice day....
Guest philo Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:ePWGJ9UVIHA.4448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > He wants to know why Auto Insert Notification isn't working, not how to get > around it. > Yes, that was obvious. I was trying to have the OP determine whether or not the cdrom is operative.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens Doh... Now I follow... -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message news:uYJkAcWVIHA.5300@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:ePWGJ9UVIHA.4448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> He wants to know why Auto Insert Notification isn't working, not how to > get >> around it. >> > > > > Yes, that was obvious. > I was trying to have the OP determine whether or not the cdrom is > operative. > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens Though it's not at all clear from your post that you were proposing a test. Looks like a workaround to me. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:uLii0BXVIHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Doh... Now I follow... > > "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message > news:uYJkAcWVIHA.5300@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message >> news:ePWGJ9UVIHA.4448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> He wants to know why Auto Insert Notification isn't working, not how to >> get >>> around it. >>> >> >> >> >> Yes, that was obvious. >> I was trying to have the OP determine whether or not the cdrom is >> operative. >> >> >
Guest philo Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:OVtUoHXVIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Though it's not at all clear from your post that you were proposing a test. > Looks like a workaround to me. > > I was just taking things one step at a time. I figured that if the cdrom was not working...then no sense in trying to figure out why auto-start didn't work <G> OTOH: If the cdrom was fine and the OP was able to start things manually... *then* the lack of auto-start could be remediated
Guest mm Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Re: put in cd and nothing happens On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:24:42 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote: > >"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message >news:OVtUoHXVIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Though it's not at all clear from your post that you were proposing a >test. >> Looks like a workaround to me. >> >> > >I was just taking things one step at a time. > >I figured that if the cdrom was not working...then no sense in trying to >figure out why auto-start didn't work <G> > My sister has that problem with my brother-in-law. Auto-start doesn't work and neither does he. > >OTOH: If the cdrom was fine and the OP was able to start things manually... > >*then* the lack of auto-start could be remediated > If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
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