CD and DVD autorun not working

Hi,

Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working when
Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are inserted
usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to use,
that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on. It's
been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or may have
caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted, nothing wrong
in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.

Any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks,

Mark

MarkC,

Try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Here's a KB Article too:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314855

--
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(It's just a name)

"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working when
> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are inserted
> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to use,
> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on. It's
> been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or may have
> caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted, nothing wrong
> in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
>
> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>

Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
Install, run and expand as follows: 'My Computer', 'Auto Play', 'Types',
then check/uncheck the option to enable/disable this feature for drives or
removable drives.

More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

JS

"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working when
> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are inserted
> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to use,
> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on.
> It's been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or
> may have caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted,
> nothing wrong in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
>
> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>

Almost forgot:
How to Enable or Disable Automatically Running CD-ROMs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155217

If non of the above fix the problem, then there is the 'Autoplay Repair
Wizard'
"The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find
defective AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds."
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

JS

"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working when
> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are inserted
> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to use,
> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on.
> It's been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or
> may have caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted,
> nothing wrong in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
>
> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>

Thanks, I got the AutoRun to Work on the 1 CD drive and two DVD drives.
However, the autoplay still is not working. I used the autofix tool and it
did detect errors in the autoplay V2, but it couldn't fix it. This is for
all three drives.

I really did a good search on the Internet to this issue and it pretty much
says that the Autofix.exe is the magic pill. That isn't the case with my
issue.

Any other ideas that maybe causing the autoplay not to work? Any tools that
I can use that will help?

Thanks,

MarkC


"Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
news:OJVAvxdZIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> MarkC,
>
> Try this:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Here's a KB Article too:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314855
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
> "MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working
>> when
>> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are
>> inserted
>> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to
>> use,
>> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on.
>> It's
>> been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or may
>> have
>> caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted, nothing
>> wrong
>> in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
>>
>> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>

Thanks, I got the AutoRun to Work on the 1 CD drive and two DVD drives.
However, the autoplay still is not working. I used the autofix tool and it
did detect errors in the autoplay V2, but it couldn't fix it. This is for
all three drives.

I really did a good search on the Internet to this issue and it pretty much
says that the Autofix.exe is the magic pill. That isn't the case with my
issue.

Any other ideas that maybe causing the autoplay not to work? Any tools that
I can use that will help?

Thanks again,

MarkC


"JS" <@> wrote in message news:u8C8pBeZIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Almost forgot:
> How to Enable or Disable Automatically Running CD-ROMs
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155217
>
> If non of the above fix the problem, then there is the 'Autoplay Repair
> Wizard'
> "The Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard scans your computer devices to find
> defective AutoPlay settings, and attempts to fix those it finds."
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> JS
>
> "MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working
>> when Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are
>> inserted usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of
>> choices to use, that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I
>> have to go on. It's been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no
>> clue on when or may have caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that
>> are inserted, nothing wrong in that area, just the part I mentioned
>> stopped working.
>>
>> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
>

Here is the latest:

Managed to get the autorun to work on the 2 DVD drives and the 1 CD Drive.
All 3 drives autoplay will not work.
I ran the autofix file and here is a snip of the log:

Test [Drive Notification] - Instance [F:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [Legacy Notification]: OK
Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems {
Service (Silent)
Shell (Deaf) }
>> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event]
Step: No steps to take.
Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is
malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem.
>> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None

So I am at a stand still, any help would be appreciated. I don't think all
three devices are malfunctioning, just that the wizard can not determine the
problem. Help...

Thanks,
Mark


"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working when
> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are inserted
> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to use,
> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on.
> It's been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or
> may have caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted,
> nothing wrong in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
>
> Any ideas what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>

MarkC,

The autorun just scans the registry for entries. Do you have write permission to the keys
it wants to change?

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)


"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message news:OStnkmhZIHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, I got the AutoRun to Work on the 1 CD drive and two DVD drives.
> However, the autoplay still is not working. I used the autofix tool and it
> did detect errors in the autoplay V2, but it couldn't fix it. This is for
> all three drives.
>
> I really did a good search on the Internet to this issue and it pretty much
> says that the Autofix.exe is the magic pill. That isn't the case with my
> issue.
>
> Any other ideas that maybe causing the autoplay not to work? Any tools that
> I can use that will help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MarkC
>
>
> "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
> news:OJVAvxdZIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > MarkC,
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> >
> > Here's a KB Article too:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314855
> >
> > --
> > Newbie Coder
> > (It's just a name)
> >
> > "MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:usFcEddZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Running XP SP2 and for some unknown reason the AutoRun it not working
> >> when
> >> Data CD's or Data DVD's are inserted. Also, when data CD/DVD are
> >> inserted
> >> usually a pop-up window comes up, that gives you a list of choices to
> >> use,
> >> that is not coming up either. Sorry but this is all I have to go on.
> >> It's
> >> been awhile since I used the CD drives so I have no clue on when or may
> >> have
> >> caused this. I am able to use the CD/DVD's that are inserted, nothing
> >> wrong
> >> in that area, just the part I mentioned stopped working.
> >>
> >> Any ideas what might be causing this?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

"Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
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>
> The autorun just scans the registry for entries. Do you have write
> permission to the keys
> it wants to change?

Hi,

Just so that we are on the same page, Autorun is working, but Autoplay is
not. AutoRun is when there is a *.inf file in the root directory on the CD
designed to autorun certain application. Usually this method is used to
install programs, this does work now.

To answer your question, this is being done using my Admin setup. I also
did a test just to see if this problem was just in the Admin User Profile.
So I tried it using other log-in accounts and the problem is there also. So
this is universal.

The autofix.exe does find a problem in the Autoplay V2 section, but is
unable to fix it.
Tweak UI doesn't work either.

Autoplay the way I am understanding it is when I insert a photo CD, a pop-up
menu comes up asking what application you want to use to display the files,
in my case that is not happening. It did, but for some reason it quit doing
that.

Thank You,

Mark...