red circle with slash on cd player

[was_one]

i have a red circle with a slash in it on my cd/dvd player.It wont play any
thing the device driver and hardware say it is working . i have deleted it
and reinstalled it i have tried to go back several days to reboot my old
versions no help or change. i am using vista software on an acer lap top. i
have no parent control set up i have no locks that i know of set up. i have
gone through vista help no solutions. I have had updates loaded in the last
couple of days HELP, going on a boat trip for forty days this my soulway of
watching movies or music

 

[PvdG42]

i have a red circle with a slash in it on my cd/dvd player.It wont play any
thing the device driver and hardware say it is working . i have deleted it
and reinstalled it i have tried to go back several days to reboot my old
versions no help or change. i am using vista software on an acer lap top.
i
have no parent control set up i have no locks that i know of set up. i
have
gone through vista help no solutions. I have had updates loaded in the
last
couple of days HELP, going on a boat trip for forty days this my soulway
of
watching movies or music

Google and other search engines are your friends. Start here and try the
many solutions...

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?hl=en&q=DVD+not+recognized+by+Vista&qt_s=Search+Groups

 

[was_one]

If I boot in safe mode the player is usable. I also tried saving to a usb
drive and wa unable to. The drives are recognised by the system but there is
something preventing them from being used. the USB error stated it was in
use by another computer?
I do not believe this is a hardware or driver issue. As when I roll back to
a previously known good configuration the device still has a circle with a
slash thru it.

Is there a security setting that would disable the read write ability to a
drive?

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Jerry.

Why "join the forum" at all? It simply relayed your question via the
"vBulletin USENET gateway" to the Microsoft public news server and is
relaying my Reply back to you. Why don't you "cut out the middleman" and
post directly to the Microsoft newsgroup yourself? Then your messages won't
be delayed, delivered out of sequence, or just plain lost in transmission.
And you can connect directly to any of the many WinXP newsgroups. (I see
about 150 NGs in several languages, including about 30 in English.)

Click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices

or, better yet, here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

That one click will:
1. Start your newsreader (Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail - or
other);
2. Create a News Account for you on the Microsoft public news server,
which is free and does not require you to log in;
3. Connect you to this Vista hardware newsgroup OR to the WinXP hardware
newsgroup;
4. Download the 300 latest messages; and
5. Display the newest message in the Preview Pane for you to read.

You should be able to find your question and THIS post there. You may find
other replies to your question by that time. After a day or two of
familiarization with the OE or WLM interface, you can click Tools | Options
and customize it in many ways to suit yourself.

I won't try to answer your question here, Jerry. Your best approach would
be to ask the question again in the WinXP hardware NG.

Good luck. ;<)

RC
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