Re: DVD problem

Tree*Rat wrote:
> Hope someone can help here.
>
> Running vista ultimate. The problem is with DVD drive, when i put a Movie
> DVD in, it plays no problem at all. But when i stick a games DVD in sod all
> happens and the drive keep saying there is no disk in the drive.
>
> Registery problem maybe?
>
> any ideas
>
> big thanks
>
> Steve

Hi Steve.

How many game CDs have you tried in the dvd drive? Do those game DVD(s)
read ok in another dvd drive?

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Tree*Rat wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> <> wrote in news:h1h2i7$1t9$:
>
>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>> Hope someone can help here.
>>>
>>> Running vista ultimate. The problem is with DVD drive, when i put a
>>> Movie DVD in, it plays no problem at all. But when i stick a games
>>> DVD in sod all happens and the drive keep saying there is no disk in
>>> the drive.
>>>
>>> Registery problem maybe?
>>>
>>> any ideas
>>>
>>> big thanks
>>>
>>> Steve
>> Hi Steve.
>>
>> How many game CDs have you tried in the dvd drive? Do those game
>> DVD(s) read ok in another dvd drive?
>>
>
> Cd games work fine, and the DVD games work in other PC's ok too.

Hi Steve.

Have you tried replacing this drive with another dvd drive and see if
you have the same problem? Are the other machine(s) you are trying
these game dvds in that work fine running the same or different OS?

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101

Tree*Rat wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> <> wrote in news:h1o6fn$77a$:
>
>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
> DiBoy'
>>> <> wrote in news:h1h2i7$1t9$:
>>>
>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>> Hope someone can help here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Running vista ultimate. The problem is with DVD drive, when i put a
>>>>> Movie DVD in, it plays no problem at all. But when i stick a games
>>>>> DVD in sod all happens and the drive keep saying there is no disk
> in
>>>>> the drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Registery problem maybe?
>>>>>
>>>>> any ideas
>>>>>
>>>>> big thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>> Hi Steve.
>>>>
>>>> How many game CDs have you tried in the dvd drive? Do those game
>>>> DVD(s) read ok in another dvd drive?
>>>>
>>> Cd games work fine, and the DVD games work in other PC's ok too.
>> Hi Steve.
>>
>> Have you tried replacing this drive with another dvd drive and see if
>> you have the same problem? Are the other machine(s) you are trying
>> these game dvds in that work fine running the same or different OS?
>>
>
>
> I have tried a different drive and still get the same problem. Tried the
> drive in other machine with different and same OS's and it works fine,
> though one machine did do the same problem which was also running Vista.
>
> I think the problem is with Vista, and do think it maybe a registery
> problem. But as i am not 100% happy with the registery I dont want to go
> playing around. I am happy to do stuff to the registry if following
> instructions, but thats about it!.
>
> thx

Your problem does certainly seem to have something to do with vista. At
this point, assuming the game(s) DVDs you are having this problem with
are vista compatible, my recommendation would be to seek support from
the game manufacturer or to see if they have forums available to post
on. Your best bet to find a fix is to speak to others who have tried
the game on vista and see if any of them have the same problem or if
they found a way to fix it. Good luck.

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101

Tree*Rat wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> <> wrote in news:h1qrhr$64t$:
>
>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy' <> wrote in news:h1o6fn$77a$:
>>>
>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy'
>>>>> <> wrote in news:h1h2i7$1t9$:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>>>> Hope someone can help here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Running vista ultimate. The problem is with DVD drive, when i put
>>>>>>> a Movie DVD in, it plays no problem at all. But when i stick a
>>>>>>> games DVD in sod all happens and the drive keep saying there is
>>>>>>> no disk
>>> in
>>>>>>> the drive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Registery problem maybe?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> any ideas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> big thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> Hi Steve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many game CDs have you tried in the dvd drive? Do those game
>>>>>> DVD(s) read ok in another dvd drive?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Cd games work fine, and the DVD games work in other PC's ok too.
>>>> Hi Steve.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried replacing this drive with another dvd drive and see
>>>> if you have the same problem? Are the other machine(s) you are
>>>> trying these game dvds in that work fine running the same or
>>>> different OS?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have tried a different drive and still get the same problem. Tried
>>> the drive in other machine with different and same OS's and it works
>>> fine, though one machine did do the same problem which was also
>>> running Vista.
>>>
>>> I think the problem is with Vista, and do think it maybe a registery
>>> problem. But as i am not 100% happy with the registery I dont want to
>>> go playing around. I am happy to do stuff to the registry if
>>> following instructions, but thats about it!.
>>>
>>> thx
>> Your problem does certainly seem to have something to do with vista.
>> At this point, assuming the game(s) DVDs you are having this problem
>> with are vista compatible, my recommendation would be to seek support
>> from the game manufacturer or to see if they have forums available to
>> post on. Your best bet to find a fix is to speak to others who have
>> tried the game on vista and see if any of them have the same problem
>> or if they found a way to fix it. Good luck.
>>
>
> I think i forgot to mention that these gamesuse to work with vista. Its
> only been a resent problem.

Do you have a restore point created from before it started happening?

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101

Tree*Rat wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> <> wrote in news:h1rcn3$nrh$:
>
>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
> DiBoy'
>>> <> wrote in news:h1qrhr$64t$:
>>>
>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>> DiBoy' <> wrote in news:h1o6fn$77a$:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>>> DiBoy'
>>>>>>> <> wrote in news:h1h2i7$1t9$:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tree*Rat wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hope someone can help here.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Running vista ultimate. The problem is with DVD drive, when i
> put
>>>>>>>>> a Movie DVD in, it plays no problem at all. But when i stick a
>>>>>>>>> games DVD in sod all happens and the drive keep saying there is
>>>>>>>>> no disk
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the drive.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Registery problem maybe?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> any ideas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> big thanks
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>> Hi Steve.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How many game CDs have you tried in the dvd drive? Do those
> game
>>>>>>>> DVD(s) read ok in another dvd drive?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cd games work fine, and the DVD games work in other PC's ok too.
>>>>>> Hi Steve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried replacing this drive with another dvd drive and see
>>>>>> if you have the same problem? Are the other machine(s) you are
>>>>>> trying these game dvds in that work fine running the same or
>>>>>> different OS?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried a different drive and still get the same problem.
> Tried
>>>>> the drive in other machine with different and same OS's and it
> works
>>>>> fine, though one machine did do the same problem which was also
>>>>> running Vista.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the problem is with Vista, and do think it maybe a
> registery
>>>>> problem. But as i am not 100% happy with the registery I dont want
> to
>>>>> go playing around. I am happy to do stuff to the registry if
>>>>> following instructions, but thats about it!.
>>>>>
>>>>> thx
>>>> Your problem does certainly seem to have something to do with vista.
>>>> At this point, assuming the game(s) DVDs you are having this problem
>>>> with are vista compatible, my recommendation would be to seek
> support
>>>> from the game manufacturer or to see if they have forums available
> to
>>>> post on. Your best bet to find a fix is to speak to others who have
>>>> tried the game on vista and see if any of them have the same problem
>>>> or if they found a way to fix it. Good luck.
>>>>
>>> I think i forgot to mention that these gamesuse to work with vista.
> Its
>>> only been a resent problem.
>> Do you have a restore point created from before it started happening?
>>
>
>
> I have tried a few restore points but without success. I do recall
> installing a piece of software a few months back (that i have removed
> since). It was for burning DVD's, now i know some packages change
> registery keys which maybe the case here.
>
> Should I uninstall the driver, remove the reg keys and reboot?

I think if you created a restore point before doing so, then trying
would not hurt. Also you should make sure you have a backup of all of
your data and files just in case something bad happens.

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/se...35&tag=nl.e101