[Lori32]

First off, I should say I am running Windows 98 and I have Version 9 of Windows Media Player. My Media Player has suddenly stopped playing CDs. It will play music that I have on my computer, but not CDs. I was listening to one CD, took that one out and put in another, and it came up with the following error:



So I click OK and I get this error:



Now here is what I have tried:

1. In WMP, I have went to Tools>Options>Devices>Clicked on CD Rom Drive>Properties, but properties won't come up.

2. Control Panel> Multimedia>CD Music>Check Enable Digital Audio for this CD-ROM device.

3. I have run Scan Disk, Disc Defrag, Clean Up, cwshredder, Ad-Aware SE, Spybot Search and Destroy and scanned for viruses using AVG.

4. I also tried right clicking on my CD-ROM drive to bring up properties, but it only shows a General and Quick Finder Tab.

I am at a complete brain melt! Please help!!
Thanks,
Lori

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Hi Lori32! Welcome to G2G!

Does your CD-ROM read other cd's? Like if you put in a game installation cd, does it auto-run the cd and read it?

Fenor

[Fenor]

Hi Lori32! Welcome to G2G!

Does your CD-ROM read other cd's? Like if you put in a game installation cd, does it auto-run the cd and read it?

Fenor

[Lori32]

Yeah it works fine when I put a game Cd in - just Music. I've been trying to figure this out for 3 days now and it is really driving me. Thanks for replying!!!

[Fenor]

Try going into the DEVICE MANAGER (right-click MY COMPUTER and click on the DEVICE MANAGER tab), then click on the '+' symbol next to CD/DVD-ROM DEVICES and then double-click the CD-ROM drive in question to bring up its properties. Should be an option in there to enable digital audio (usually on the PROPERTIES tab), it will be a checkbox. If it's not checked, check it. If it is checked, then uncheck it. Hit APPLY and OK. Reboot your computer and then try to play music from cd through WMP.

Fenor

Edited by Fenor, 07 November 2005 - 08:35 AM.

[Lori32]

Ok I went to the Devices Manager, but there is no option there about digital audio. Any other suggestions??

[Fenor]

Go back into the DEVICE MANAGER and right-click your CD-ROM and choose Uninstall, then reboot your computer and let windows reinstall the drivers for it You may need your Windows 98 CD for it to reinstall the drivers for your CD-ROM, so make sure you know where that CD is before doing so.

Fenor

[Lori32]

Ok I went there and there was no option to uninstall. I tell ya this is really driving me nuts.

[Lori32]

Any more suggestions??

[Fenor]

Uninstall or Remove/Delete, both do the same thing. Install option is there in Windows XP and Remove/Delete is the option for Windows 98.

Fenor