Re: drives won't recognize data cd/dvd but will play music

Thanks for the suggestion. It seems to have some effect. (See below.) I am puzzled why the setting for IE should have *any* effect on non-Internet activities.

However, the real problem appears to be somewhat deeper. It is not just that autorun doesn't work (I can live with that), it is that the CDs are *not recognized*. As far as the file explorer is concerned, there is no CD there! But I have discovered that if I go open the "Disk Management" window, the CD is detected and then the file explorer sees it too. But not unless and until I open the Disk Management window. At this point, autoplay works when I put another CD in the drive. (Perhaps changing the IE settings had an effect on autoplay; but Disk Management could see the CDs before I make the IE changes.)

Given that Disk Management can see the disks, any ideas as to what to what the issues are and/or how to fix them?

Thanks.

--Mark.

RJK wrote:
Is "Autoplay" on, in each drives properties ?
Are "Allow Active Active content from CDs to run on My Computer" and
"Allow Active Active content to run in files on My Computer" both checked in IE? drop-down
Tools | Internet Explorer | Options | Advanced | scroll down to Security ?
If unchecked, and after installing whatever it is your are trying to install, you may want to put them back to how they were :-)

regards, Richard


"Mark Fisher" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:KVQai.31128$JQ3.3393@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a problem with an XP Home system: Neither of the cd/dvd drives will recognize "data" disks (such as program installation disks). Both drives can play music and I can burn music and videos to both drives. I tried upgrading the drivers and even buying new drives, but the problem remains: The new drives have the same problem. (Since I have a home network, I can still read data disks and install programs from another computer, but that's a pain.) Any ideas?

Thanks.

--Mark

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