I am embarresed to ask this!! I have somehow disabled my
CD-ROM autostart and dont know how to get it back. I have
tried seting the auto play in the CD-rom properties but
this still does not make discs start on insertion into
the drive. Selecting via Start-Run works ok so it is not
a hardware issue - I think. After inserting a disk the
mouse pointer briefly shows a disk icon then nothing
happens. Any help (novice level please) appreciated.

Acland said:

> I am embarresed to ask this!! I have somehow disabled my
> CD-ROM autostart and don't know how to get it back. I have
> tried seting the auto play in the CD-rom properties but
> this still does not make discs start on insertion into
> the drive. Selecting via Start-Run works ok so it is not
> a hardware issue - I think. After inserting a disk the
> mouse pointer briefly shows a disk icon then nothing
> happens.

Kelly's link below has extensive info on autoplay.

--
For most XP answers and tweaks... http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org http://support.microsoft.com

try this
Start>Run>regedit>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>System>CurrentControlS
et>Services>Cdrom. Set autorun to 1
>-----Original Message-----
>I am embarresed to ask this!! I have somehow disabled my
>CD-ROM autostart and dont know how to get it back. I have
>tried seting the auto play in the CD-rom properties but
>this still does not make discs start on insertion into
>the drive. Selecting via Start-Run works ok so it is not
>a hardware issue - I think. After inserting a disk the
>mouse pointer briefly shows a disk icon then nothing
>happens. Any help (novice level please) appreciated.
>.
>