CDROM Stops Playing Games

After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
(Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

You can backup your computer then try to reinstall windows. Maybe it help.

"genesrus1" wrote:

> After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

You can buy or borrow a new CDROM, test it in your computer. If it work -->
there is problem with that CDRom else --> reinstall Windows

"genesrus1" wrote:

> After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but not the
expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for dune, though
im not sure what i did to stop them working............

"genesrus1" wrote:

> After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I cannot get
Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial loading screen
and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the window key to
be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the game. I can
play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well as my
Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though, this has
been happening since the previous patch.

I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've heard
of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution to this
problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98) and have
recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.

"doughboy" wrote:

> I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but not the
> expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for dune, though
> im not sure what i did to stop them working............
>
> "genesrus1" wrote:
>
> > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

Nevermind, I solved the problem with "Compatability" Mode.

"Billy" wrote:

> I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I cannot get
> Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial loading screen
> and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the window key to
> be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the game. I can
> play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well as my
> Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though, this has
> been happening since the previous patch.
>
> I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've heard
> of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution to this
> problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98) and have
> recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.
>
> "doughboy" wrote:
>
> > I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but not the
> > expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for dune, though
> > im not sure what i did to stop them working............
> >
> > "genesrus1" wrote:
> >
> > > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> > > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> > > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> > > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> > > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> > > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> > > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> > > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> > > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> > > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> > > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> > > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> > > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> > > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> > > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> > > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> > > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> > > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> > > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

What is the compatibility mode?

"Billy" wrote:

> Nevermind, I solved the problem with "Compatability" Mode.
>
> "Billy" wrote:
>
> > I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I cannot get
> > Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial loading screen
> > and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the window key to
> > be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the game. I can
> > play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well as my
> > Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though, this has
> > been happening since the previous patch.
> >
> > I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've heard
> > of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution to this
> > problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98) and have
> > recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.
> >
> > "doughboy" wrote:
> >
> > > I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but not the
> > > expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for dune, though
> > > im not sure what i did to stop them working............
> > >
> > > "genesrus1" wrote:
> > >
> > > > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's games. When
> > > > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes up, but when
> > > > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him the
> > > > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the drive. This has
> > > > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different companies
> > > > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error message
> > > > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can play the
> > > > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned off the
> > > > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and reinstalled
> > > > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the patches from
> > > > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help the
> > > > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and we can
> > > > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial screen, we just
> > > > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added anything
> > > > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have played for
> > > > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans indicated the
> > > > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run Spybot and
> > > > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the security patches
> > > > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any suggestions?

Hi there,

Right click the exe file of the game you want to play than choose properties
and in the opened window click the Compatability tab, you can than choose:
run this program in win 95, 98 , Win ME, NT 4.0 or Win 2000 compaibility
mode.

Best regards,
Michel Denie

<> wrote in message
news:574086E2-38F5-458D-8696-...
> What is the compatibility mode?
>
> "Billy" wrote:
>
>> Nevermind, I solved the problem with "Compatability" Mode.
>>
>> "Billy" wrote:
>>
>> > I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I cannot
>> > get
>> > Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial loading
>> > screen
>> > and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the window
>> > key to
>> > be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the game. I
>> > can
>> > play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well as
>> > my
>> > Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though,
>> > this has
>> > been happening since the previous patch.
>> >
>> > I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've
>> > heard
>> > of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution to
>> > this
>> > problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98) and
>> > have
>> > recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.
>> >
>> > "doughboy" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but not
>> > > the
>> > > expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for
>> > > dune, though
>> > > im not sure what i did to stop them working............
>> > >
>> > > "genesrus1" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my son's
>> > > > games. When
>> > > > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes
>> > > > up, but when
>> > > > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling him
>> > > > the
>> > > > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the
>> > > > drive. This has
>> > > > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two different
>> > > > companies
>> > > > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an error
>> > > > message
>> > > > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can
>> > > > play the
>> > > > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have turned
>> > > > off the
>> > > > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled and
>> > > > reinstalled
>> > > > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the
>> > > > patches from
>> > > > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help
>> > > > the
>> > > > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk, and
>> > > > we can
>> > > > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial
>> > > > screen, we just
>> > > > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not added
>> > > > anything
>> > > > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have
>> > > > played for
>> > > > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans
>> > > > indicated the
>> > > > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly run
>> > > > Spybot and
>> > > > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the
>> > > > security patches
>> > > > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any
>> > > > suggestions?

Hi Billy,

If you installed the game from cd to your harddrive than a shortcut to play
the game should be there, just do the same as suggested before with the
shortcut, this should solve your problem.

Best regards,
Michel Denie

"genesrus1" <> wrote in message
news:3D886537-8262-407B-8F07-...
> Michel - When I go to My Computer, then open the disk, right click the exe
> file, there is no Compatibility tab. Is there another way to access this?
>
> "realcestmoi" wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Right click the exe file of the game you want to play than choose
>> properties
>> and in the opened window click the Compatability tab, you can than
>> choose:
>> run this program in win 95, 98 , Win ME, NT 4.0 or Win 2000 compaibility
>> mode.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Michel Denie
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:574086E2-38F5-458D-8696-...
>> > What is the compatibility mode?
>> >
>> > "Billy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Nevermind, I solved the problem with "Compatability" Mode.
>> >>
>> >> "Billy" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I
>> >> > cannot
>> >> > get
>> >> > Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial
>> >> > loading
>> >> > screen
>> >> > and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the
>> >> > window
>> >> > key to
>> >> > be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the
>> >> > game. I
>> >> > can
>> >> > play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well
>> >> > as
>> >> > my
>> >> > Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though,
>> >> > this has
>> >> > been happening since the previous patch.
>> >> >
>> >> > I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've
>> >> > heard
>> >> > of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution
>> >> > to
>> >> > this
>> >> > problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98)
>> >> > and
>> >> > have
>> >> > recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > "doughboy" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but
>> >> > > not
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for
>> >> > > dune, though
>> >> > > im not sure what i did to stop them working............
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "genesrus1" wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my
>> >> > > > son's
>> >> > > > games. When
>> >> > > > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes
>> >> > > > up, but when
>> >> > > > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling
>> >> > > > him
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the
>> >> > > > drive. This has
>> >> > > > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two
>> >> > > > different
>> >> > > > companies
>> >> > > > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an
>> >> > > > error
>> >> > > > message
>> >> > > > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can
>> >> > > > play the
>> >> > > > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have
>> >> > > > turned
>> >> > > > off the
>> >> > > > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled
>> >> > > > and
>> >> > > > reinstalled
>> >> > > > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the
>> >> > > > patches from
>> >> > > > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk,
>> >> > > > and
>> >> > > > we can
>> >> > > > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial
>> >> > > > screen, we just
>> >> > > > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not
>> >> > > > added
>> >> > > > anything
>> >> > > > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have
>> >> > > > played for
>> >> > > > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans
>> >> > > > indicated the
>> >> > > > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly
>> >> > > > run
>> >> > > > Spybot and
>> >> > > > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the
>> >> > > > security patches
>> >> > > > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any
>> >> > > > suggestions?
>>
>>
>>

I tried that but I never see a Compatibility mode tab. Under Properties, all
I get is a general tab and a virus tab from my viral software.

"realcestmoi" wrote:

> Hi Billy,
>
> If you installed the game from cd to your harddrive than a shortcut to play
> the game should be there, just do the same as suggested before with the
> shortcut, this should solve your problem.
>
> Best regards,
> Michel Denie
>
> "genesrus1" <> wrote in message
> news:3D886537-8262-407B-8F07-...
> > Michel - When I go to My Computer, then open the disk, right click the exe
> > file, there is no Compatibility tab. Is there another way to access this?
> >
> > "realcestmoi" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> Right click the exe file of the game you want to play than choose
> >> properties
> >> and in the opened window click the Compatability tab, you can than
> >> choose:
> >> run this program in win 95, 98 , Win ME, NT 4.0 or Win 2000 compaibility
> >> mode.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Michel Denie
> >>
> >> <> wrote in message
> >> news:574086E2-38F5-458D-8696-...
> >> > What is the compatibility mode?
> >> >
> >> > "Billy" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Nevermind, I solved the problem with "Compatability" Mode.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Billy" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I've been having the very same problem, same game developers. I
> >> >> > cannot
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > Emporer: Battle for Dune to work with XP. It shows the initial
> >> >> > loading
> >> >> > screen
> >> >> > and then promptly freezes my computer. I have to either hit the
> >> >> > window
> >> >> > key to
> >> >> > be able to use the mouse or press control+alt+delete to end the
> >> >> > game. I
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > play all of my Blizzard games such as starcraft and Diablo as well
> >> >> > as
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > Command and Conquer series of games. None of them auto start though,
> >> >> > this has
> >> >> > been happening since the previous patch.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I realise that Emporer: Battle for Dune was not made for XP but I've
> >> >> > heard
> >> >> > of people successfully running it. I just haven't found a solution
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > this
> >> >> > problem myself. I ran it with no problems on my older system(Win98)
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > have
> >> >> > recently decided to give the game another try, it installed fine.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "doughboy" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > I have just got a similar problem, i can play mechwarrior 4 but
> >> >> > > not
> >> >> > > the
> >> >> > > expansion black knight or other games such as emperor battle for
> >> >> > > dune, though
> >> >> > > im not sure what i did to stop them working............
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > "genesrus1" wrote:
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > > After the last Update, ourCDROM drive won't load most of my
> >> >> > > > son's
> >> >> > > > games. When
> >> >> > > > he loads his disk into the CDROM drive, the initial screen comes
> >> >> > > > up, but when
> >> >> > > > he clicks on the play option, he gets an error message telling
> >> >> > > > him
> >> >> > > > the
> >> >> > > > program won't start and to check to see if the disk is in the
> >> >> > > > drive. This has
> >> >> > > > happened for 3 of the 4 games he regularly plays from two
> >> >> > > > different
> >> >> > > > companies
> >> >> > > > (Blizzard and Lucas Arts). One game will play, but he gets an
> >> >> > > > error
> >> >> > > > message
> >> >> > > > first indicating the disk needs to be fixed or debugged. We can
> >> >> > > > play the
> >> >> > > > disks on another computer, so it is not the disks. We have
> >> >> > > > turned
> >> >> > > > off the
> >> >> > > > secruity software but this had no effect. We have uninstalled
> >> >> > > > and
> >> >> > > > reinstalled
> >> >> > > > Warcraft III multiple times, to no avail. We have removed the
> >> >> > > > patches from
> >> >> > > > Blizzard my son uses for his on-line game, but this did not help
> >> >> > > > the
> >> >> > > > situation either. We can go into My Computer and see the disk,
> >> >> > > > and
> >> >> > > > we can
> >> >> > > > play the movies that come with the game disk from the initial
> >> >> > > > screen, we just
> >> >> > > > can't play the game itself. Audio CDs work fine. We have not
> >> >> > > > added
> >> >> > > > anything
> >> >> > > > new to the computer for quite some time, and these programs have
> >> >> > > > played for
> >> >> > > > at least two years without any other problems. Viral scans
> >> >> > > > indicated the
> >> >> > > > computer was clean (we run these regularly), we also regularly
> >> >> > > > run
> >> >> > > > Spybot and
> >> >> > > > AdAware to detect any spyware. I am wondering if one of the
> >> >> > > > security patches
> >> >> > > > is the culprit and could be interfering with the autorun? Any
> >> >> > > > suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>