cdrom drive not recognized or fails to display on all but administrators account

[Zippy]

Strange behavior...

WinXP home, basic OEM PC, less than 1 year old, several user accounts
(mother and several children). She insists that at times her comp will not
recognize that it has a CD rom (and at times a floppy drive). I thought it
was her imagination until tonight. Installed a game on her account (she is
admin), went to play it on another account (limited) and while the drive was
recognized in My Comp it did not recognize that there was a CD. Tried this
with other applications with same results. Changed ltd account to admin
with same results. Application (children's game) would play on mother's
account, but no go and not recognized on other acct. Cd would not even spin
up on other accounts. I will try swapping the drive, but i doubt it's the
problem because it worked just fine on the one account. Switched back and
forth between accounts with same results. Seems like a software prob that
i've not encountered before. BTW it shows up as working fine in system
devices under System properties sheet in control panel even under the ltd
acct. Any experience with this or ideas would be appreciated.


Thx,
Howard

 

[Kelly]

Hi Howard,

This could be due to a restriction. See if the edit on line 264 (right hand
side), if not try the measures listed in the link below this one and good
luck! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Why doesn't AutoPlay work?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

/top10faqs.htm

 

[Zippy]

Kelly,

Thx for your response. I think you're right about a restriction of some
kind. Did a little more tinkering and found that if i logged off a user
rather than just switching then the CD drive worked fine. If i switched it
would not. Not sure what you mean by the "edit" and line 264. Perhaps you
could elaborate a bit. Thx for the links i am checking them out...

How

 

[Zippy]

Ooops!

Just didn't wait until page finished loading. Found line 264. I appreciate
this very much. Looks like a great resource you offer. Bookmark!

How

Hi Howard,

This could be due to a restriction. See if the edit on line 264 (right

hand

 

[Kelly]

Most welcome and thanks. Did the restriction apply in your case?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllocateCDRoms"="0"