Re: CD Protection Error

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From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid)
Date: 04/02/04 

Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:31:57 -0600

"JonathanLang" said in
news:E25D59CE-E090-4315-AB6F-C98ACE672B9F@microsoft.com:
> My games tell me to re-insert original CD but already in. Have to
> wait for cracks on the net to play my original games. This has to be
> a windows fault cause it isn't only one game its all of them.
>
> Have every update available on my PC and have searched
> www.microsoft.com but have not found anything.
> Anyone got ideas for me.
>
> Thanks
> Jonathan

Did the drive letter to your CD drive change since you installed the
game? If so, you'll have to see if the game has an .ini, .cfg, or other
file or registry entry where it saved the drive letter of the CD drive
from where it got installed. Some software is too stupid to scan the
removable drives to find their CD. 

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