CD-DVD autorun failure

[Simon]

As a start:
Right click on the drive
Select Properties
On the AutoPlay tab
select the Prompt Me Each Time to Choose an Action" radio
button
Then click OK

Once you are happy with the actions to be taken, for each
type of media listed in the drop-down box, pick the
action that you want (eg for Music CD, select play Audio
CD using Windows Media Player.

regards

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a problem with my CD and DVD drives. Whenever I
>insert a disc - a new software or game, for example, the
>installation window doesn't appear automatically, and I
>have to install the program manually. Also, whenever I
>put a music/DVD movie, it is not being played
>automatically. It seems like there is a problem with the
>autorun, but I have no idea how to fix it.
>Note: At the begining, whenever I put a music CD,
windows
>asked me which program I would like to use in order to
>run it - and I marked the media player and checked the
>box that says "always perform the selected option" - but
>it kept asking me the same question - so I asked it not
>to do anything about it, and now - not only I can't play
>music CD's automatically, but I can't also install a
>program automatically through autorun (I don't know if
>there is any connection to the failure of the
>installation autorun that I mentioned before). If anyone
>can help me fix this problem, I'll be thankful.
>.
>