in regedit browse here and make sure autoruns value is 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\CDRom
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet001\Ser vices\CDRom
if no help click start and run and type service.msc and click ok
check shell hardware detection make sure its running and set to auto start up
tweakui part of xp powertoys has settings that could fix this also
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx