Re: games wont open anymore!

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05


Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:17:56 -0500

In news:D739407E-A27B-41EB-AD11-E0454433B432@microsoft.com,
jerry <jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

> what did i screw up??

The CD ROM... Check the cables, check the device in the device manager to
make sure that there's no yellow exclamaition points, and consider cleaning
it as it may just be dirty.

Galen

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