RE: Windows XP SP2 Autoplay and the new DVD-CD drives

You can change the way Windows responds to the insertion of particular kinds
of disks in your CD or DVD drive. Follow these steps:

Open My Computer.
Right-click the icon for your CD or DVD drive, choose Properties, and then
click the AutoPlay tab.
In the list at the top of the dialog box, select a disk type. Other options
include Pictures, Video Files, Mixed Content, Music CD, and DVD Movie.
In the Actions section of the dialog box, select the action that you want
Windows to take when you insert a disk of the selected content type. If you
don’t want it to do the same thing every time, select Prompt Me Each Time To
Choose An Action.
Click OK.

Or take no action...

Update drivers for software that came with the drive and see site for
firmware update if available, see below:
http://www.plextor.com/english/support/support_downloads.html

j;-)


"DSG" wrote:

> Windows XP Pro SP2 (ver. 2002)
> Plextor PX-716A atapi
> DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD±R/RW, CD-R/RW
>
> I have plenty of memory and all settings everywhere seem to be okay, but I'm
> having a bit of trouble with this new CD/DVD drive. I will be doing the
> diagnostics test tomorrow which gets sent to the company to see if the drive
> is okay or not.
>
> It plays and/or reads CDs and DVDs if and when it wants to. The drive never
> disappears from My Computer, but many of my CDs hardly ever work - or just
> might, out of the blue.
>
> Windows XP SP2 Question: Does anyone know if this has anything to do with
> the new "autoplay" feature where you select what you want Windows to do with
> the content on the CD? Is there any way to turn off that "feature"?
>
>
>
.

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