Dear Kevin:

If you had stopped drinking your eggnogg, you would have noticed I NEVER wrote that disabling AIN
would prevent you from performing an install. I wrote that when AIN is disabled, the drive won't
AUTOMATICALLY read the CD you put in it. In cases of multiple CD's installs (like the recently
released Reason - CHECK IT OUT!) you can run into a bit of truble because of it.

As far as NOT UNDERSTANDING my reasoning for this, I DO understand your resons for not
understanding my reasoning!

Anyway, the gifts are not really from me, but what the hell, I'll just take the credit!

happy new year to you, David "The Jackal" Ruby, Chinese Boy and the Twin Kicks


christmasly yours,

santa
(formerly known as Vic "Bad" Vic)




Kevin K wrote:
>>Santa:
>>
>>Well, first of all, thanks for all the kewl stuff this
>>morning! But, I still want to know how you got in my house
>>though, w/o setting off the alarm.
>>
>>Anyway, I know you're probably a lil frost-bitten and all,
>>so I wont try to understand your reasoning for thinking
>>that having AIN disabled would cause a CD not to install.
>>I may be "old-skool", but I dont see the connection.
>>
>>Besides, my regular CD drive still has it enabled - I even
>>ran the install from the install menu that popped up :)
>>
>>Tell Mrs Claus I said "Hi" >> >>-K >> >>Santa Claus wrote: >>>>It may also be result of having DISABLED "auto-insert >>notification" on your CDRom drive... >>>> >>>> >>>>santa >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Kevin K wrote: >>>>>>Karl: >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks for the responce. I tried the CD on another >>puter >>>>>>and it did the same thing. The first comp has a brand >>new >>>>>>Kenwood CD and Yamaha CDR. It was doing it with both >>>>>>drives - both that have never had any probs >>reading/burning >>>>>>any other CD. I even tested both CD drives with EZ-CD's >>>>>>testing function. >>>>>> >>>>>>So, strangely enough, I copied the VV dir from the CD >>to a >>>>>>HD...installed from there...and it worked fine. If it >>had >>>>>>given me a read error, I would have tried this in the >>first >>>>>>place. But, it seemed more like a copy-protection >>scheme of >>>>>>some kind. >>>>>> >>>>>>Copys from the CD, but wont install from it.....odd. >>>>>> >>>>>>And, not that it matters anymore, but Im running 98SE, >>and >>>>>>no direct-cd, viris, or any other TSRs (except TaskMon, >>>>>>SysTray, and my CPU monitor) >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks again! >>>>>> >>>>>>-K >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Karl Caillouet wrote: >>>>>>>>The repeated "Please Insert Disc" message is almost >>>>>>always the >>>>>>>>direct result of the drive not reading the disk >>properly. >>>>>>>>There could be a number of causes, including a faulty >>CD. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>What operating system? Win2K is known to do this on >>some >>>>>>>>machines. You may want to apply the service pack if >>you >>>>>>are >>>>>>>>running Win2K. Hitting "F5" in Explorer will >>sometimes >>>>>>clear this up >>>>>>>>momentarily. I've also seen some drives prone to this >>>>>>behavior >>>>>>>>depending upon their master/slave relationship on the >>IDE >>>>>>bus ... you >>>>>>>>may want to experiment with that if all else fails. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Are you running any CD software like DirectCD? >>Programs >>>>>>>>like this, loaded in memory, can sometimes cause this >>>>>>>>behavior. If so, you might want to Task Manager or >>CTRL- >>>>>>ALT-DEL and >>>>>>>>remove any of these programs from memory to see if >>the >>>>>>problem >>>>>>>>clears up >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Does rebooting solve the problem? If not, I would >>>>>>>>definitely suspect the drive itself. Some of the >>cheaper >>>>>>>>high speed drives may not read properly at their >>rated >>>>>>>>speed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>If the drive works perfectly otherwise and does not >>>>>>exhibit the >>>>>>>>behavior with any other CD, if may well be a faulty >>CD. >>>>>>However, if >>>>>>>>you suspect the disk itself, you might want to try it >>on >>>>>>another >>>>>>>>machine before attempting to return it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>FWIW ... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>KAC ... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Kevin K wrote: >>>>>>>>>>Im trying to install Vegas Video from the brand new >>>>>>just >>>>>>>>>>purchased CD. And after running setup, it keeps >>telling >>>>>>>>me >>>>>>>>>>to "Please Insert Disc:" while the CD is in the >>drive. >>>>>>>>>>If I click OK it takes a min then asks again. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Ummm...WTH? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>The CDRom drive is new and works perfectly with >>every >>>>>>>>other >>>>>>>>>>CD I have. The VV CD is clean w/o a single >>>>>>>>>>scratch/smudge/etc - since I just took it out of >>the >>>>>>>>sleeve. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Can someone please explain this to me...? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Thanx. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>-K