I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?

Thanks.

Got to Start, Help and Support, and Search for AutoPlay. Click the Link
and follow the instructions.

John Wilson wrote:
> I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
> asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
> said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
> What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Doubt that is going to work for opticals on a pci card, and I didn't ask how
to get it back. I asked why people had a problem with using autostart.

Thanks.

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Got to Start, Help and Support, and Search for AutoPlay. Click the Link
> and follow the instructions.
>
> John Wilson wrote:
>> I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
>> asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
>> said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
>> What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?
>>
>> Thanks.
>

some audio cds from sony have software that is now considered as SPYWARE.
These programs installed without you knowing it to make sure you could not
copy the disk.

Sony has been sued now over this....

This is just an example


"John Wilson" <NotMe@invalid.aol.com> wrote in message
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> Doubt that is going to work for opticals on a pci card, and I didn't ask
> how to get it back. I asked why people had a problem with using autostart.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:umfbU5m%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Got to Start, Help and Support, and Search for AutoPlay. Click the Link
>> and follow the instructions.
>>
>> John Wilson wrote:
>>> I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
>>> asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
>>> said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
>>> What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>
>

"kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote in message news:%23e0f%> some audio cds from
sony have software that is now considered as SPYWARE.
> These programs installed without you knowing it to make sure you could not
> copy the disk.

But if I run set up on whatever cd I have put in the drive, doesn't that
produce the same result? I mean, won't the crud be installed that way as
well? Of course, this does not apply to audio cd's. But I could hold down
the Control key to keep the drives from autostarting.

The thing is that when you autostart the cd may contain an executable that
installs the spyware/malware stuff.. while if you do not have the autostart
enabled you can browse through the CD or DVD first to see the content.
Of course you can press the CTRL key. Personally I don't like things popping
up on me when I insert CDs... In any case I don't think that its much of a
problem.

People are overly cautious of such things, and at the same time are not
careful enough in the physical world....




"John Wilson" <NotMe@invalid.aol.com> wrote in message
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> "kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote in message news:%23e0f%> some audio cds from
> sony have software that is now considered as SPYWARE.
>> These programs installed without you knowing it to make sure you could
>> not copy the disk.
>
> But if I run set up on whatever cd I have put in the drive, doesn't that
> produce the same result? I mean, won't the crud be installed that way as
> well? Of course, this does not apply to audio cd's. But I could hold down
> the Control key to keep the drives from autostarting.
>

Sorry, read it as a multiple question. As for Autostart/autorun, I
personally dislike the potential for unintended results. As in installs,
music starting, movies playing etc. as well as disasters like the
previously mentioned Sony fiasco. Normally I just want to see the file
listing and why should I have to hold down a key every time i want to
insert a CD? So since the cost for "convenience" is greater than the
"benefits", the correct setting is to disable the nuisance.

John Wilson wrote:

> Doubt that is going to work for opticals on a pci card, and I didn't ask how
> to get it back. I asked why people had a problem with using autostart.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:umfbU5m%23FHA.360@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>Got to Start, Help and Support, and Search for AutoPlay. Click the Link
>>and follow the instructions.
>>
>>John Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
>>>asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
>>>said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
>>>What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>
>

"John Wilson" wrote:
> I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart.

Use TweakUI to check if autoplay is enabled on your drives.

--PA

I just walked in on the tail-end of this post, and likely I don't fully
understand the questions regarding "autostart/autorun" but I notice you have
your optical drives on a ATA133/PCI controller.

I ran into a issue several years ago where I was unable to burn CD's using
ROXIO CD Creator while my CD burner (optical drive) was plugged into my
Promise Ultra100 controller (PCI).

I moved the CD drives back to the IDE controller on the motherboard and the
problems went away.
At the time, I couldn't find anyone that knew that.

I guess ATA controllers are most happy if hard drives are attached and
nothing else.
I have four (4) HD's on my controller and two (2) CD drives on the
motherboard.

I know this is off-topic, but maybe useful...

Best regards,

Richard in Va.

PS. I don't much care for autorun either, one of my drives I have set to
give me the list and let me choose which application to run.
++++++++++++++++

"John Wilson" <NotMe@invalid.aol.com> wrote in message
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>I put my opticals on an ATA133 pci card, and now they won't autostart. I
>asked in another hardware group how to fix this and everyone who replied
>said I should not be autostarting because it puts things on my computer.
>What are they talking about and what is the big deal about autostarting?
>
> Thanks.
>