RW DVD Works but not for game CD's

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I can load all installation discs and play music CD's but not any game CDs.
I tried repairing as described in the forums but that doesn't seem to work.
If I put a game disc in I get an houglass then a (not responding) messages.
On one game it will act like it's going to load but I also get a report
"cannot load dl library".

 

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"Vitodorio" <Vitodorio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AC068DE-7312-430A-A189-04890569A40C@microsoft.com...
>I can load all installation discs and play music CD's but not any game CDs.
> I tried repairing as described in the forums but that doesn't seem to
> work.
> If I put a game disc in I get an houglass then a (not responding)
> messages.
> On one game it will act like it's going to load but I also get a report
> "cannot load dl library".

Do you have any 3rd party virtual drive tools installed? Like Nero, Virtual
Daemon, Alcohol 120 etc? A lot of newer copy protection schemes won't load
the game with these installed.

If you're using a limited user you could also try this patch, which may
resolve it;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eae20f0f-c41c-44fe-84ce-1df707d7a2e9&displaylang=en

Failing that, it could be down to drive incompatibility, in which case it
would be a matter of buying a new CD/DVD drive.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

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No third party virtual drives. I downloaded the patch you suggested and now
it works at first but them I get this message:
The application or DLL D:\CD1\System\window is not a valid image.
Please check this against your installation diskette.


Vito Capone Salinas,CA



"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Vitodorio" <Vitodorio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9AC068DE-7312-430A-A189-04890569A40C@microsoft.com...
> >I can load all installation discs and play music CD's but not any game CDs.
> > I tried repairing as described in the forums but that doesn't seem to
> > work.
> > If I put a game disc in I get an houglass then a (not responding)
> > messages.
> > On one game it will act like it's going to load but I also get a report
> > "cannot load dl library".
>
> Do you have any 3rd party virtual drive tools installed? Like Nero, Virtual
> Daemon, Alcohol 120 etc? A lot of newer copy protection schemes won't load
> the game with these installed.
>
> If you're using a limited user you could also try this patch, which may
> resolve it;
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eae20f0f-c41c-44fe-84ce-1df707d7a2e9&displaylang=en
>
> Failing that, it could be down to drive incompatibility, in which case it
> would be a matter of buying a new CD/DVD drive.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/
> http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.
>
> *Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>