[bo0sheke]

I've been here before with this question, and the first answer helped
but the problem is slightly different this time around.

When I insert a blank CD or DVD the PC does nothing, with my old CD burner (now long gone) I would get a pop up window asking what I would like to do with the blank CD.

Now, if I try to open or explore the E: drive, it says Please insert a CD. Even though it shows an icon of a blank CD-R...
Also, in WMP11 when I go to the burn option, it has an icon of a drive with an orange arrow. and says "connect burner and restart player"

the weird thing is that I can burn using the free Deep Burner program I was told to download last time around, and I can install games and rip CDs in WMP11 and even play DVDs. But it just does not want to burn anything normally.

I just want to get this problem figured out before I use this drive in my next build. If it's a drive problem, I'll go and look for a new drive.

Model is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-111D (in the hardware properties, it says is working right)

[linskyjack]

First thing to do is go into device manager and make sure that the DVD player is okay. If that checks out, try getting a drive cleaner at Radio Shack and run that through.

[bo0sheke]

Seems fine in the device manager, it lists that its working properly.
I'll have to get a cleaner

[bo0sheke]

I used a drive cleaner disk four times, and WMP still does not see the burner...

[omatous]

I have ben trying to correect this same problem with wmp for days. I have bought a new burner and burn with Nero. Somehow my cd was set as read only. I changed that to writer. I followed http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/ . I reloaded driver. I did Run "services.msc" Imapi cd wroter start. It still don''t work. If you internet search " connect driver and restart" you will see that many many people are haveing this problem. Someone said that is was a security setting with a windows update. I gave up trying for now. I'm hoping i can read how someone figured it out.

[Hughv]

"But it just does not want to burn anything normally."
I would think it either burns or doesn't. What does this mean?
Autoplay options-Right-click the Drive in My Computer/Properties/Autoplay.

[omatous]

I can't find how right now. I downloaded something that changed my settings. I beentrying ro refind it. All I remember,changed something to to professional in my settings.

[omatous]

I can't find how right now. I downloaded something that changed my settings. I beentrying ro refind it. All I remember,changed something to to professional in my settings.