CD/DVD no autorun fix Carlos 6/21/2007 12:17:34 AM Here's the story (Vista x64) Both CD and DVD burners would not autorun. Windows explorer was not even able to show any files on both drivers though I could easily browse them with ZTreeWin (a file manager). Nero could burn with both burners successfully. CD's/DVD's could be read on other PC's or DVD player, but nothing could be read/autorun on my PC. I tried disabling and later on re-enabling autorun in Control Panel with no results. No upperfilters or lowerfilters to delete in the Registry. All the alchemy, sorcery and known black magic did not work. This is what worked for me: Open the Registry. HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom The Autorun value was in 0 (autorun = disabled). I switched it to 1. Rebooted and presto! Autorun is working again, Windows explorer reads my CD's and DVD's. Please take into acount that Control Panel always indicated that Autorun was enabled. Hope this helps everybody. Carlos

Re: CD/DVD no autorun fix XS11E <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> 6/21/2007 1:11:36 AM Carlos <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: <stuff snipped> [Quoted Text] > I tried disabling and later on re-enabling autorun in Control > Panel with no results. <more snipping> > This is what worked for me: > Open the Registry. > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom > The Autorun value was in 0 (autorun = disabled). > I switched it to 1. > Rebooted and presto! > Autorun is working again, Windows explorer reads my CD's and > DVD's. Please take into acount that Control Panel always indicated > that Autorun was enabled. Just wondering.... did you try turning OFF autorun in control panel and then rebooting followed by turning it ON in control panel and then rebooting again? That should NOT be necessary but I'm curious as to if it'll work. What make me curious is that I *think* setting autorun in control panel *should* make a registry change and I know that rebooting loads a new registry with any changes made to it which is why you had to reboot after manually changing the registry. Something else I'm wondering... if you turn autorun off in control panel now, will it go off? If so, can you turn it back on w/o editing the registry???? Just curious and now that it's working I'm sure you've got better things to do with your time but I can't help wondering..... ;-) -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Re: CD/DVD no autorun fix "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling[ at ]dbREMOVEmail.dk> 6/21/2007 1:50:24 AM Yes, it would be interesting to know - but really, XP x64 had trouble remembering configuration changes all along, I always wondered if they ever reached the registry at all, but I, and the average user wouldn't know what value to look for and under what key. The reg. is a maze and not everyone knows Carlos. Good thing too, what Carlos? Would be tiring at the end of the day, I'm sure. If you ever wanted to create your own .REG files, lookie here: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Registry/registry_hacks_reg.htm Tony. . . "XS11E" <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9955B9130CDD0xs11eyahoocom[ at ]127.0.0.1... [Quoted Text] > Carlos <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > <stuff snipped> > > I tried disabling and later on re-enabling autorun in Control > > Panel with no results. > <more snipping> > > This is what worked for me: > > Open the Registry. > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom > > The Autorun value was in 0 (autorun = disabled). > > I switched it to 1. > > Rebooted and presto! > > Autorun is working again, Windows explorer reads my CD's and > > DVD's. Please take into acount that Control Panel always indicated > > that Autorun was enabled. > > Just wondering.... did you try turning OFF autorun in control panel and > then rebooting followed by turning it ON in control panel and then > rebooting again? That should NOT be necessary but I'm curious as to if > it'll work. > > What make me curious is that I *think* setting autorun in control panel > *should* make a registry change and I know that rebooting loads a new > registry with any changes made to it which is why you had to reboot > after manually changing the registry. > > Something else I'm wondering... if you turn autorun off in control > panel now, will it go off? If so, can you turn it back on w/o editing > the registry???? > > Just curious and now that it's working I'm sure you've got better > things to do with your time but I can't help wondering..... ;-) > > > > -- > XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups > The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Re: CD/DVD no autorun fix Carlos 6/21/2007 2:37:13 AM Yeah! I don't wanna try anything else. It ain't broke and I don't wanna fix it. Carlos "Tony Sperling" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Yes, it would be interesting to know - but really, XP x64 had trouble > remembering configuration changes all along, I always wondered if they ever > reached the registry at all, but I, and the average user wouldn't know what > value to look for and under what key. The reg. is a maze and not everyone > knows Carlos. Good thing too, what Carlos? Would be tiring at the end of the > day, I'm sure. > > If you ever wanted to create your own .REG files, lookie here: > > http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Registry/registry_hacks_reg.htm > > > Tony. . . > > > > "XS11E" <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9955B9130CDD0xs11eyahoocom[ at ]127.0.0.1... > > Carlos <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > <stuff snipped> > > > I tried disabling and later on re-enabling autorun in Control > > > Panel with no results. > > <more snipping> > > > This is what worked for me: > > > Open the Registry. > > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom > > > The Autorun value was in 0 (autorun = disabled). > > > I switched it to 1. > > > Rebooted and presto! > > > Autorun is working again, Windows explorer reads my CD's and > > > DVD's. Please take into acount that Control Panel always indicated > > > that Autorun was enabled. > > > > Just wondering.... did you try turning OFF autorun in control panel and > > then rebooting followed by turning it ON in control panel and then > > rebooting again? That should NOT be necessary but I'm curious as to if > > it'll work. > > > > What make me curious is that I *think* setting autorun in control panel > > *should* make a registry change and I know that rebooting loads a new > > registry with any changes made to it which is why you had to reboot > > after manually changing the registry. > > > > Something else I'm wondering... if you turn autorun off in control > > panel now, will it go off? If so, can you turn it back on w/o editing > > the registry???? > > > > Just curious and now that it's working I'm sure you've got better > > things to do with your time but I can't help wondering..... ;-) > > > > > > > > -- > > XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups > > The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html > > >

Re: CD/DVD no autorun fix XS11E <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> 6/21/2007 5:33:34 AM Carlos <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I don't wanna try anything else. > It ain't broke and I don't wanna fix it. Ah, come on, break it! Where's your sense of ADVENTURE! ;-) -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html