Problem with CD....

The_Economist

When i put the CD into my computer it runs fine. It plays as it should do. When i put it into the lap top it doesn't run fine.:mad: The CD has PDF files on it and the only way to open them on the laptop is to right click on the Drive and open the folder to see the contents of the CD.
The thing is the other week it was running fine on the laptop but something has gone wrong and i am at a loss to what has happened.
Anyone got any ideas how to sort it please................



HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

santer_2

Have the autoplay settings changed?

For XP you can run this

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en

For Vista, click start, control panel, autoplay

The_Economist

santer wrote: »

Have the autoplay settings changed?

For XP you can run this

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=c680a7b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en

For Vista, click start, control panel, autoplay

Thanks for the link santer. I have tried alltering the auto play settings but with little joy. The CD that i am trying to run is a Create & craft one, its for making birthday cards etc.etc.

santer_2

See if this helps, is the software and games set to autorun?

Or

• 1. Click the Start button , click All Programs, click Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt.
  2. Click Run as administrator.
  3. At the command prompt, type net start shellhwdetection and then press ENTER.
  4. Restart your computer.
  
  

The_Economist

santer wrote: »

See if this helps, is the software and games set to autorun?

Or

• 1. Click the Start button , click All Programs, click Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt.
  2. Click Run as administrator.
  3. At the command prompt, type net start shellhwdetection and then press ENTER.
  4. Restart your computer.

Just waiting for laptop to startup then will try it.

The_Economist

santer wrote: »

See if this helps, is the software and games set to autorun?

Or

• 1. Click the Start button , click All Programs, click Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt.
  2. Click Run as administrator.
  3. At the command prompt, type net start shellhwdetection and then press ENTER.
  4. Restart your computer.

Tried it and it comes up with,
Systerm error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.

santer_2

If you go back to accessories, command prompt and select Run as administrator · At the Command Prompt type or copy net user administrator /active:yes

press enter and if it returns as succesful put

net start shellhwdetection

as the new command prompt and press enter

The_Economist

santer wrote: »

If you go back to accessories, command prompt and select Run as administrator · At the Command Prompt type or copy net user administrator /active:yes

press enter and if it returns as succesful put

net start shellhwdetection

as the new command prompt and press enter

This time it came up with,

The sevice name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

santer_2

All I could find are registry edits now, and wouldn't want to land you with that for a start to the New Year

Select the version of Windows here then choose e-mail support, which should be free

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=11732&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn

The_Economist

santer wrote: »

All I could find are registry edits now, and wouldn't want to land you with that for a start to the New Year

Select the version of Windows here then choose e-mail support, which should be free

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=11732&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn

Thanks for your help.
Yeh dont realy want to start delving into the registry if i can help it. Its got to be something relatively simple just need to put my finger on it.

Happy new Year...........................

Richie-from-the-Boro

The_Economist wrote: »

Thanks for your help.
Yeh dont realy want to start delving into the registry if i can help it. Its got to be something relatively simple just need to put my finger on it.

Happy new Year...........................

File extension not registered ? Try right click open with [ your whatever prog ] if it works and opens ok click the box that says ' always open with this program '.