discs do not launch :(

since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies

"confused" <> wrote in message
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> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies
>


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"confused" <> wrote in message
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> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies
>
You probably need Vista drivers for you CD player. Go to the makers site and
search for Vista drivers for your version.

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Ian

What does a disc have to do with downloading programs? If you have a disc
in your player, go to computer select the CD drive and right click on a file
and select open. You should have a program or more to select from to play
the disc, depending on what is on the disk If not use open with and browse
to a program you have that is for that type of file. Most CD music should
open with Windows media player. Movies you may need a codec or I use Media
Player Classic which has the codecs to play movies.

I suggest you be more clear about what you are describing, including all the
steps you go thru before you post. Does your CD drive even show up in
computer or Computer Management/Disk Management?

"confused" <> wrote in message
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> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies

Hmmm, downloading programs is done from the internet not a CD.
But if you mean installing programs from a CD, you should be able to do that
by going to My Computer and clicking on the CD Drive then clicking the
installer. Music CDS should play if you start your player and specify the CD
Drive.
If you enable autostart for the CD Drive, the disk should then do what you
expect, start by itself when inserted, instead of manually.
Windows Help & Support can give you the specific instructions.

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"confused" <> wrote in message
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> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies

Can you describe the issue in more detail

Does the CD\DVD Rom show up in Device Manager
Do you get any error codes
What does it say in the Event Viewer

Etc etc etc

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"confused" <> wrote in message news:CBF587B8-1848-44BF-BF7E-...
> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies

"confused" <> wrote...
> since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies

This is actually a feature, not a bug.

In XP, the "Autorun" feature was enabled. When you inserted a CD-ROM or DVD,
Windows would automatically try to run whatever was on the disc. This was a
nice, convenient feature; but it was also very insecure. If the CD-ROM
contained a virus or other exploit, your system would be infected before you
had a chance to do anything about it. So in Vista, AutoRun has been
disabled. Windows won't start using anything on the disc until you tell it
to.

This shouldn't stop you from using the disc, it just means you need to run
the contents manually. For example if you put a movie DVD in, you run
Windows Media Play, and point it towards your DVD drive. etc. Likewise for
music, etc.

You can turn AutoRun back on by some deep hacking in the Registry but I
don't recommend it, for the security reasons.

Hope this helps,
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amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

A lot of people say that they are downloading files from a CD; it is a
terminology often used.
Very confusing though!

"John Barnes" wrote:

> What does a disc have to do with downloading programs? If you have a disc
> in your player, go to computer select the CD drive and right click on a file
> and select open. You should have a program or more to select from to play
> the disc, depending on what is on the disk If not use open with and browse
> to a program you have that is for that type of file. Most CD music should
> open with Windows media player. Movies you may need a codec or I use Media
> Player Classic which has the codecs to play movies.
>
> I suggest you be more clear about what you are describing, including all the
> steps you go thru before you post. Does your CD drive even show up in
> computer or Computer Management/Disk Management?
>
> "confused" <> wrote in message
> news:CBF587B8-1848-44BF-BF7E-...
> > since i have had windows 32 bit vista installed no disc will launch. so i
> > cannot download programs or listen to music or even wacth movies
>
>

Em Domingo, 5 de Agosto de 2007 03:18, Andrew McLaren escreveu:

> So in Vista, AutoRun has
> been disabled. Windows won't start using anything on the disc until you
> tell it to.
This is good news, but looks like it's not enought. They should really
remove the autorun feature and not just desabled it, as you can see

http://www.symantec.com/security_res...620-99&tabid=2

the worm uses the autorun feature in vista, as it manages to activate the
function by itself.

regards

Oh, btw... i don't understand either what is the op problem,
his text is has "confused" as his nickname

> This is good news, but looks like it's not enought. They should really
> remove the autorun feature and not just desabled it, as you can see
>
> http://www.symantec.com/security_res...620-99&tabid=2
>
> the worm uses the autorun feature in vista, as it manages to activate the
> function by itself.

Thanks - interesting link.

In *theory*, Vista should be resistant to this attack, because a standard
user cannot write to HKLM Registry keys. But a user'd probably see a "Need
your permission" confirmation dialogue and just click it, like all the
hundreds of others that keep popping up :-)

> Oh, btw... i don't understand either what is the op problem,
> his text is has "confused" as his nickname

It was pretty difficult to parse :-)

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