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offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-26 12:34 [#00528884]
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Hello everyone. i hope somebody can help me with the
following problem:

i run windows xp pro, and use roxio easy cd creator to burn
cds.

Now, whatever i do, i cannot get windows media player to
stop playing audio cds automatically whenever i insert them
in either the cdrom or the cdwriter drive.

i have unchecked all filetypes at the filetype list under
options, and even set other programs as default players for
audio cds.

now the problem is, that when i copy a cd (from 1 drive to
another), WMP plays the cd that is being created, just
before it is finished, this fucking up the cd completely.

Attempts to delete WMP have failed, since it seems to be
fully integrated with XP itself.

i hope somebody knows how to fix this. thanks in advance!



 

offline magiker from Östersund (Sweden) on 2003-01-26 12:37 [#00528888]
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Try properties for your CD-drives in the device manager and
uncheck the box that says autoplay CD.


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-26 12:41 [#00528894]
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i am unable to find that option there.

i have to go now and wont be online till next weekend. i
hope to find more tips/help then, thanks again


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-31 09:48 [#00535468]
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oh, this is great. i'm nearly drowning in the tech support
here. Thanks so much!

seriously though, i am NOT the only person using both winXP
and easy cd creator so somebody CAN help me, right?


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-01-31 10:02 [#00535470]
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magiker is right, turning off autolpay fixed it for me. i
had the problem under WinME though


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-31 10:42 [#00535476]
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okay, now i'm not einstein when it comes to computers, but
i'm very very sure that under cd drive properties there is
no such option as 'autoplay cd' or anything like it. Again,
i'm running xp (pro).

could somebody please confirm this?


 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2003-01-31 10:59 [#00535489]
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Open up Windows Explorer and find the CD drive you want to
turn Autoplay off on. Right click on it and hit properties.
Whack the Autoplay tab, drop down the box to music CD,
select 'choose action to preform', choose 'take no action'.
That should work, but I've had a lot of touble with autoplay
and Windows XP Pro too...


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-01-31 11:05 [#00535493]
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i've seen that you get a message like 'you should not alter
the content of this directory' when you want to view the
windows directory under xp. that's so silly it's not even
funny


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-31 12:21 [#00535516]
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off topic: you can actually burn cd's using windows media
player. thought that was odd for a microsoft programme :)


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-31 18:27 [#00535944]
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you, are a genious.

the problem was, that when i go to properties through device
manager, i get a different screen. I did see this 'auto
play' tab when i clicked properties after opening windows
explorer.

this should have solved it.

thanks :D


 

offline xceque on 2003-01-31 18:38 [#00535954]
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XP Pro refused to stop Autoplay for me. Even doing what -V-
suggested (several times!!) so I downloaded TweakUI for XP
and it worked perfectly. You can get it here. A
very usefull progam


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-31 18:46 [#00535964]
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yeah that does look useful indeed. thanks for the link :)


 


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