Is there a registry setting that prevents Audio CDs?

[Roger Denison]

I have encountered a little problem that has even the Dell
tech support baffled. Before I resort to reinstalling
Win2K I wanted to present this problem to the newsgroup
for input.

For some reason, and I can't pinpoint a time, my CD drive
will not play audio CDs. It has worked in the past. It
is a combo DVD/CD drive and the DVDs and CD-ROMs work fine
but the audio CDs do nothing. When I look at the drive in
Windows Explorer I can see all the 'tracks' listed but
clicking them does nothing except return the
error: "Windows Media Player cannot find the specified
file." I have the same problem regardless of whether I
use WinMP, WinAmp, or RealPlayer.

The problem isn't with the sound card because I can play
wav and mp3 files without a problem. I swapped CD drives
with a known good drive and I still have the problem. I
can take my CD drive and put it in another laptop and the
audio CD runs okay. I have tried multiple CDs (store
bought, not self burned).

I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers for both the
audio card and the drive. In the Properties section of
the CD Drive I have checked 'Enable digital CD audio for
this CD-ROM device'. Dell has even sent a rep out to
replace the motherboard. Still nothing.

I am running Win2Kpro with SP4 on a Dell Latitude C600
laptop. Pentium III running at 750MHz. Is there
something in the registry that could affect this? Help!
(before I have to pull out the restore disk)

Roger.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have encountered a little problem that has even the Dell
tech support baffled. Before I resort to reinstalling
Win2K I wanted to present this problem to the newsgroup
for input.

For some reason, and I can't pinpoint a time, my CD drive
will not play audio CDs. It has worked in the past. It
is a combo DVD/CD drive and the DVDs and CD-ROMs work fine
but the audio CDs do nothing. When I look at the drive in
Windows Explorer I can see all the 'tracks' listed but
clicking them does nothing except return the
error: "Windows Media Player cannot find the specified
file." I have the same problem regardless of whether I
use WinMP, WinAmp, or RealPlayer.

The problem isn't with the sound card because I can play
wav and mp3 files without a problem. I swapped CD drives
with a known good drive and I still have the problem. I
can take my CD drive and put it in another laptop and the
audio CD runs okay. I have tried multiple CDs (store
bought, not self burned).

I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers for both the
audio card and the drive. In the Properties section of
the CD Drive I have checked 'Enable digital CD audio for
this CD-ROM device'. Dell has even sent a rep out to
replace the motherboard. Still nothing.

I am running Win2Kpro with SP4 on a Dell Latitude C600
laptop. Pentium III running at 750MHz. Is there
something in the registry that could affect this? Help!
(before I have to pull out the restore disk)

Roger.

See if tip 4026 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com helps.

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have encountered a little problem that has even the Dell
tech support baffled. Before I resort to reinstalling
Win2K I wanted to present this problem to the newsgroup
for input.

For some reason, and I can't pinpoint a time, my CD drive
will not play audio CDs. It has worked in the past. It
is a combo DVD/CD drive and the DVDs and CD-ROMs work fine
but the audio CDs do nothing. When I look at the drive in
Windows Explorer I can see all the 'tracks' listed but
clicking them does nothing except return the
error: "Windows Media Player cannot find the specified
file." I have the same problem regardless of whether I
use WinMP, WinAmp, or RealPlayer.

The problem isn't with the sound card because I can play
wav and mp3 files without a problem. I swapped CD drives
with a known good drive and I still have the problem. I
can take my CD drive and put it in another laptop and the
audio CD runs okay. I have tried multiple CDs (store
bought, not self burned).

I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers for both the
audio card and the drive. In the Properties section of
the CD Drive I have checked 'Enable digital CD audio for
this CD-ROM device'. Dell has even sent a rep out to
replace the motherboard. Still nothing.

I am running Win2Kpro with SP4 on a Dell Latitude C600
laptop. Pentium III running at 750MHz. Is there
something in the registry that could affect this? Help!
(before I have to pull out the restore disk)

Roger.

See if tip 4026 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com helps.

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com