What do you want windows to do?

[mike]

We now have a desktop and a laptop. They are both running W XP Home
Edition. When we put a CD containing pictures into the desktop we get a
menu asking "What do you want windows to do?". This then has several
options like Windows Media and other choices.
When we put the same CD into the laptop we do not get this menu and it
would be nice if we could.
Does anyone know how we can have the laptop show this menu when we
insert a CD.
TIA

 

[Rock]

We now have a desktop and a laptop. They are both running W XP Home
Edition. When we put a CD containing pictures into the desktop we get a
menu asking "What do you want windows to do?". This then has several
options like Windows Media and other choices.
When we put the same CD into the laptop we do not get this menu and it
would be nice if we could.
Does anyone know how we can have the laptop show this menu when we
insert a CD.
TIA

Open My Computer, right click the CD drive, choose Properties, Autoplay.
Set it to take a certain action or ask you want to do.

 

[jonah]

We now have a desktop and a laptop. They are both running W XP Home
Edition. When we put a CD containing pictures into the desktop we get a
menu asking "What do you want windows to do?". This then has several
options like Windows Media and other choices.
When we put the same CD into the laptop we do not get this menu and it
would be nice if we could.
Does anyone know how we can have the laptop show this menu when we
insert a CD.
TIA

Looks like Autorun is not working on your laptop

My Computer>Right Click on your CD Drive>Select Properties>"Autoplay"
tab> and ensyure the "prompt me" radio button is checked.

Otherwise download the free Autoplay fix wizard

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xp-autorun.html

Jonah

 

[mike]

That worked.
Thanks very much.

 

[Rock]

That worked.
Thanks very much.

You're welcome mike. Thanks for posting back.