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How do I enable my cd-rom?

Posted By : Raymond of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 2, 2004

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If autostart on the cd-rom drive has become disabled how can I re-enable it without having to use the Run facility?

This question was answered on June 2, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.


1 Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.

2 Locate and click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom

3 To disable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 0 (zero) To enable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 1.

4 Restart your computer

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Posted by Raymond of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 2, 2004

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