I need some help regarding problems i am having with my computer...

for some reason the autoplay no longer works when a disc is inserted no
media icon appears and autoplay won't start...I can hover the mouse over the
drive the media has been inserted in but apart from the size of the disc
showing no other signs of a disc are visible (no icon if a program, video or
audio disc is inserted...and no name of the disc)i have tried to go into the
registry to solve the problem buy everything seems fine the reg is set to
autoplay...

the autoplay problem stretched to usb hard drives to...no icon etc...i
managed to fix that using autofix.exe but my disc drives are still messed up
and it seems they can't be fixed

when running autofix on one of the messed up drives i get this log file...

AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67]
Time [2008-02-22 16:01:14]
Microsoft Windows Version [5.1 (Service Pack 2) <2600>]

Test [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.] - Instance [N/A]:
Result [AutoStart Setting]: OK
Result [The Shell Hardware Detection service is running.]: OK

Test [Policies] - Instance [D:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Present}
Result [HKCU\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Present}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDrives]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveAutorun]: OK {Absent}
Result [HKLM\...\Policies!NoDriveTypeAutorun]: OK {Absent}
Result [Driver level policies]: OK {
HKLM\...\Services\cdrom!Autorun (Present) <Allows>
HKLM\...\Services\cdrom\Parameters!Autorun (Absent) <Allows>
HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysEnable (Absent) <Not set>
HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\...!AlwaysDisable (Absent) <Not set> }

Test [Drive Notification] - Instance [D:\, Drive Type: 5]:
Result [Legacy Notification]: OK
Result [AutoPlay V2 Notification]: Problems {
Service (Silent)
Shell (Deaf) }
>> Repair << [Autoplay V2 Event]
Step: No steps to take.
Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is
malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem.

>> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None


a similar message is produced for my other 2 dvd drives...

i have noticed a few posts regarding similar problems but as yet none have a
working solution...

has Microsoft done anything to fix this problem

any help would be greatly appreciated

one other thing regarding this problem...

when i shut down my pc with the discs inserted then reboot the icons and
discs show up...the even start how they should do if i click on them...yet
when i eject the media and re-insert it the problem occurs again...no disc
showing...no icon...no autorun...