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bha:
i hate to say it, but my computer refuses to auto play. i've taken so much time to learn about the install that this problem is becoming rather frustrating. any other clues as to how i can get around this?

flap:
Does it not boot from the CD when you put the disc in the drive and then reboot?

KernelPanic:
Open D:\autorun.inf in notepad, see what .exe it points to, then run that .exe yourself.
I think it is D:\dosutils\autorun.exe but check for yourself.

bha:
okay, some discs autorun by themselves, but this one is not. i know i have the right discs, but it acts like it wants to autorun and then it stops.

[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: big-hired assassin ]

[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: big-hired assassin ]

Calum:
okay. i know what you mean about never getting cds to autorun in windows millenium. this is not your problem.

when you switch on the machine, your BIOS is what gets started first. it checks out if you have a bootable disk in the floppy drive, if not, it checks the cd drive, if not, it then looks on the hard drive.

you can change this order by going into the BIOS itself.

now, you should put the CD into the drive, then switch on your computer. watch it trying to load from the floppy, then watch it try to load from the cd drive. it should

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