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by **venney** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:59 pm

sorry, being thick here, device manager?? recognise that but dont know where from or where 2 get to it, plz exspand!!

thanks
ven

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:07 pm

Hi venney

Not sure what O.S. you have, think its XP. Anywho, Right click My Computer, click properties,click Hardware tab, in the center click Device Manager.

If your running 98, Right click My Computer, click properties, Device Manager.

by **venney** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:22 pm

hey, sorry i must seem look a amature, i dont see any auto run options in the properties of the device manager from my drives :~$ also is there a way to turn off my virtial drives, ive turned off the vitial drive in both "gamex x copy" and "daemon tools" but theres still1 vitrial drive. if you coudl help me with both issues b greatful!

thanks

by **Cactus** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:35 am

Right click MyComputer
Choose Properties
Click the Device Manager tab
Click the +sign beside the CDROM
Highlight your CDROM
Click Properties at the bottom of window
Click the Settings tab
Put a

in AUTO INSERT NOTIFICATION

Cactus

by **venney** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:05 pm

i dont have a settings tab?? hmm i dunno why that is, i am the moderator. n e other way of doing it?
venney

by **Cactus** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:29 pm

venney...what Operating System are you using...

Cactus

by **venney** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:33 pm

sorry, im on xp.
basiclally everything uve told em 2 do is correct up to the settings tab, which isnt there.
Venice

by **Cactus** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:59 pm

Ok,in the Registry find this KEY:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom

Value Name: Autorun

Data Type: REG_DWORD

Data: (0=disable, 1=enable)

***ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE EDITING***

Cactus

by **Gecko** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:08 am

Hi venney,

Try this; :idea:

Double click “My Computer” next, right click on the CD Rom Drive and select “Properties”
In the popup window select the “AutoPlay” tab, now use the dropdown list box to select the CD type
then select what you want windows to do or what program to use with that type of CD.
Use the dropdown list box to set all CD types, to finish click the “Apply” button

by **venney** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:11 am

hmm its made no difference? ive done what you said, also if i place a cd rom into the drive, "starship troopers" the game for example, where as before a picture of it woudl appeare in the drive it was in, it doesnt do it any more. is my pc screwed or something?
venney
(ta for helping bi the way, soz that this is a pain!)

by **Gecko** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:22 am

Do you have a CD burner in your system?
If so are you useing Roxio Easy CD Creator?

by **venney** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:37 am

yea i have cd and dvd writer, and erm... im not totally sure bout that second thing
i have
Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3 Disc Creator Trial
AnyDVD
Cheetah CD Burner
actually i ahve quiet alot of them sort of programs, for doing my dvd's and such.
Venney
n e other ideas, also i tryed that thing where you choose what it does when u incert it, but it hasnt done n e thing.
Ven

by **Gecko** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:28 pm

BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE EDITING

In the Registry find this KEY:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Look at the value of the NoDriveTypeAutoRun entry. A value of 0xb5 turns off the AutoRun feature for CD-ROMs.
To turn on the AutoRun feature, right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun,
click Modify, type 91 in the Value data box, select Hexadecimal, and then click OK.

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