Windows XP SP2 Autoplay and the new DVD-CD drives

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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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Thanks for posting that, Jaymon. I am well acquainted with the feature, but
think they didn't finish it, or are pretty sure people only listen/watch
(to) music, videos or pictures. For instance, for straight data CDs, there
is no choice for "data only" CDs, so our choice is 'mixed content.' I have
all those settings made, but wonder if the feature sometimes doesn't
initialize the CD because it doesn't recognize straight text as opposed to
movies, music, etc. I know I'm sounding obnoxious - but am really
frustrated. The first thing I did this spring after installing the drive
was to get the most recent firmware and flash the channels.

Last night I went to Microsoft.com and actually found numerous articles on
the AutoPlay feature. What it looks like is that it was not really made for
looking at straight text data - its buzz word is really 'multimedia', as in
"entertainment-type events."

I'm working through one of the long "fixit" articles and hope for some
success, since I'm a researcher with about $3000 worth of CDs containing
history, which, beginning with this new CD-DVD drive leaves me without
access to my work. It seems to just "accidentally" work once in awhile,
which doesn't provide a workflow. It was interesting to find out that the
feature can also be turned off, which I will no doubt try. Again, thanks.


"Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:638523A8-2514-40E3-91B1-0612E74D88D7@microsoft.com...
> 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/sup [...] loads.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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Of course, my burning software cannot even be considered here. For now, all
I want to do is to have all my CDs initialized so I can read what's on them,
and that should be done by the Plextor drive itself. "Accidentally" it did
initialize one of the data disks last night, but when the index pointed to a
companion CD, Plextor can't see the next CD. There is no use in keeping this
drive if it can't do the simplest task, such as reading data disks. I did
record some small pieces of music the other day via Windows Media Player and
that worked just fine. But Windows Media Player is not a choice for viewing
the data on a data CD. I did find out last night on Microsoft.com, that this
Plextor drive has not appeared on either Windows 2000 or XP's hardware
compatibility list. So I will go down the list of fixes and see how I make
out. Or return it and settle for a plain CD drive. Thank you Jaymon.
dsg



"Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E11CE0B-756B-46C8-B10F-67C2E61396E4@microsoft.com...
> What burning software do you use? You might try going to the drive icon in
> my
> computer and right click on properties, then to the recording tab and
> un-check the box or check it if your burning software works better that
> way.
> Keep in mind if you check it you will need to point it to a
> partition/drive
> with plenty of space available. Some third party burning software, mine is
> Nero InCd, works better with the box unchecked, keeping XP out of the
> equation altogether..
>
> j;-)
>
> "DSG" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting that, Jaymon. I am well acquainted with the feature,
>> but
>> think they didn't finish it, or are pretty sure people only listen/watch
>> (to) music, videos or pictures. For instance, for straight data CDs,
>> there
>> is no choice for "data only" CDs, so our choice is 'mixed content.' I
>> have
>> all those settings made, but wonder if the feature sometimes doesn't
>> initialize the CD because it doesn't recognize straight text as opposed
>> to
>> movies, music, etc. I know I'm sounding obnoxious - but am really
>> frustrated. The first thing I did this spring after installing the
>> drive
>> was to get the most recent firmware and flash the channels.
>>
>> Last night I went to Microsoft.com and actually found numerous articles
>> on
>> the AutoPlay feature. What it looks like is that it was not really made
>> for
>> looking at straight text data - its buzz word is really 'multimedia', as
>> in
>> "entertainment-type events."
>>
>> I'm working through one of the long "fixit" articles and hope for some
>> success, since I'm a researcher with about $3000 worth of CDs containing
>> history, which, beginning with this new CD-DVD drive leaves me without
>> access to my work. It seems to just "accidentally" work once in awhile,
>> which doesn't provide a workflow. It was interesting to find out that the
>> feature can also be turned off, which I will no doubt try. Again, thanks.
>>
>>
>> "Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:638523A8-2514-40E3-91B1-0612E74D88D7@microsoft.com...
>> > 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/sup [...] loads.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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Here is the low down and an interesting read on XP and CD burning..

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php

Hope all goes well.
j;-)

"DSG" wrote:

> Of course, my burning software cannot even be considered here. For now, all
> I want to do is to have all my CDs initialized so I can read what's on them,
> and that should be done by the Plextor drive itself. "Accidentally" it did
> initialize one of the data disks last night, but when the index pointed to a
> companion CD, Plextor can't see the next CD. There is no use in keeping this
> drive if it can't do the simplest task, such as reading data disks. I did
> record some small pieces of music the other day via Windows Media Player and
> that worked just fine. But Windows Media Player is not a choice for viewing
> the data on a data CD. I did find out last night on Microsoft.com, that this
> Plextor drive has not appeared on either Windows 2000 or XP's hardware
> compatibility list. So I will go down the list of fixes and see how I make
> out. Or return it and settle for a plain CD drive. Thank you Jaymon.
> dsg
>
>
>
> "Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7E11CE0B-756B-46C8-B10F-67C2E61396E4@microsoft.com...
> > What burning software do you use? You might try going to the drive icon in
> > my
> > computer and right click on properties, then to the recording tab and
> > un-check the box or check it if your burning software works better that
> > way.
> > Keep in mind if you check it you will need to point it to a
> > partition/drive
> > with plenty of space available. Some third party burning software, mine is
> > Nero InCd, works better with the box unchecked, keeping XP out of the
> > equation altogether..
> >
> > j;-)
> >
> > "DSG" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for posting that, Jaymon. I am well acquainted with the feature,
> >> but
> >> think they didn't finish it, or are pretty sure people only listen/watch
> >> (to) music, videos or pictures. For instance, for straight data CDs,
> >> there
> >> is no choice for "data only" CDs, so our choice is 'mixed content.' I
> >> have
> >> all those settings made, but wonder if the feature sometimes doesn't
> >> initialize the CD because it doesn't recognize straight text as opposed
> >> to
> >> movies, music, etc. I know I'm sounding obnoxious - but am really
> >> frustrated. The first thing I did this spring after installing the
> >> drive
> >> was to get the most recent firmware and flash the channels.
> >>
> >> Last night I went to Microsoft.com and actually found numerous articles
> >> on
> >> the AutoPlay feature. What it looks like is that it was not really made
> >> for
> >> looking at straight text data - its buzz word is really 'multimedia', as
> >> in
> >> "entertainment-type events."
> >>
> >> I'm working through one of the long "fixit" articles and hope for some
> >> success, since I'm a researcher with about $3000 worth of CDs containing
> >> history, which, beginning with this new CD-DVD drive leaves me without
> >> access to my work. It seems to just "accidentally" work once in awhile,
> >> which doesn't provide a workflow. It was interesting to find out that the
> >> feature can also be turned off, which I will no doubt try. Again, thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:638523A8-2514-40E3-91B1-0612E74D88D7@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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/sup [...] loads.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"?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>