Re: I can't read some of the DVDs in the TechNet subscription

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Hi

You should have received a link through to Technet Help with your
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that link yet?

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Will Denny
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"Kurtan" <Kurtan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Some of the DVDs in TechNet subscription I can't read while some others I
> can
> read OK. Could it be related to how the DVDs are printed? (Some colors
> doesn't seem to be liked...)
> With the DVDs I can't read the PC tries for a minute or two and at the end
> it proposes me to write to the blank CD, (as it seems to look to the
> computer), with Windows Media player or another program.
>
> Here's a list of some of the DVDs I can and can not read:
> TechNet Subscription Technical Information Library setup and index July
> 2005
> I can NOT read.
> The next disk downloads TND0409_EN September 2004 I can read.
> Downloads EN Disc 0236.06 July 2005 I can read.
> Downloads European, Middle Eastern Disc 0241.06 July 2005 I can read.
> Technical Training 2003-2005 EN Disc 0237.02 July 2005 I can NOT read.
> Security updates EN Disc 0238.05 July 2005 I can NOT read.
> Security updates DE, FR, IT Disc 0240.05 July 2005 I can read.
> Evaluations EN disc 0197.03 July 2005 I can read.
> Evaluations EN disc 0198.01 March 2005 I can read.
> Beta Evaluations DE, EN, JA disc 0208.03 June 2005 I can read.
>
> Another example is the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. The discs team suite and
> team foundation server I can read, but I can NOT read the disc SQL Server
> 2005 developer edition.
>
> The computer this is happening on is a Compaq SR1458FR with XP SP2 and the
> dvd burner is the TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B the was installed in the PC as
> standard. I've tried to read the DVDs on another PC with the same results.
> That one is a Compaq SR1408FR. I.e. another model, but unfortunately the
> same
> dvd burner. I've checked the Compaq web site for any updates, but the
> driver
> used seems to be the standard windows driver from Microsoft and there are
> not
> any firmware updates on the Compaq web site. And the TechNet DVD Technical
> Information Library I can't read otherwise maybe there would have been
> help
> there... ;-)
>
> Do you have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance for a quick solution to this problem!
>
> Kurt
>
>


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