Autoplay question for WinXP

[Mysteriouskk]

I'm using winxp pro and I have a cd burner drive and dvd burner drive. When I put in a DVD or CD in to either drive, they don't autorun or anything. Even when I go to My Computer, the cd doesn't really show its name in the dvd drive in the My computer window. Any idea on how the cd or dvd drives can update the my computer screen or autorun each time I insert a different cd/dvd?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

rt clk "Start"> lft clk 'Explore'> select drive with rt clk > do lft clk on 'Properties'..choose 'AutoPlay' ..select/assign actions

 

[Mysteriouskk]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
rt clk "Start"> lft clk 'Explore'> select drive with rt clk > do lft clk on 'Properties'..choose 'AutoPlay' ..select/assign actions

Yea.. that is already at default, but when I insert a disc, the disc name doesn't show up in my computer. Also it does not autoplay even if I have checked the autoplay settings.

 

[neutralizer]

Yeah... sometimes WinXP is a b*tch like that.

D/l tweakui and tweak some autoplay settings. that might fix it.

 

[Mysteriouskk]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
Yeah... sometimes WinXP is a b*tch like that.

D/l tweakui and tweak some autoplay settings. that might fix it.

TweakUI didn't work... Anybody else have this problem? Stupid drives... I put in a DVD and it still doesn't work... Any other ideas.

Nothing even autoruns, which I want to have.

 

[Mysteriouskk]

Anybody else have this or had this problem before?

 

[corkyg]

Sheesh! I worked my butt off to get that damned annoying autoplay to be completely off! Who the heck needs that kind of interruption?

 

[Mysteriouskk]

Originally posted by: corky-g
Sheesh! I worked my butt off to get that damned annoying autoplay to be completely off! Who the heck needs that kind of interruption?

I don't really care for the autorun window that pops up, but when I go into My Computer, it doesn't update what is actually in the drives at the current time. I have to restart, and then it shows up, but when I swap a disc back in, it still shows up as the previous disc. That is the part I want to fix. I want it to be whenever you insert something, it shows up in my computer as what it on the cd.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Auto-insert notification is disabled for those drives. That is why the name doesn't refresh in explorer, and why Auto-Play (seperate from AIN, but dependent on it) doesn't start up.

I'm not sure what the registry settings are to control AIN, some CD-burning software has additional utility menus to tweak the Windows' setting for this. You could also, if you are trying to enable it, rather than disable, simply un-install the CD drive from Device Manager and let it re-install. I think it defaults to enabled.

Also, are you using stock MS IDE drivers on the controller that the drive is attached to? It might be true that other controller drivers might not pass through the information needed for media detection therefore AIN doesn't work properly.

During your testing/usage, did you have any CD burning software running in the background? Some of them, temporarily, also shut-off AIN and auto-play, to avoid problems while burning.

Good luck. I've had strange issues with optical drives in WinXP too, that I never had in W2K or Win98se.

 

[Mysteriouskk]

My cd-rom and dvd drives still don't autoplay or update when I go to explorer or My Computer. Also when I plug in my USB Camera, it won't even detect it, and so I ahve to restart my machine and then it loads. I have install nero on my machine, could that be the problem? I also have DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink. Thanks

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: Mysteriouskk
My cd-rom and dvd drives still don't autoplay or update when I go to explorer or My Computer. Also when I plug in my USB Camera, it won't even detect it, and so I ahve to restart my machine and then it loads. I have install nero on my machine, could that be the problem? I also have DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink. Thanks

I believe a lot of those progs you mention disable autoinsert. I always say no when a prog asks me to turn it off.