As soon as my computer boots up and i go straight to internet explorer
if i click on the drop down arrow for the address bar the computer
runs up the cd-rom.  Why is this? It also does it when i open up my
documents or another folder type and only does it once the very first
time I do either of the actions, everytime after that the computer
doesnt run up the cd-rom.  Here's my computer specs:  1.53mhz AMD
processor, 40 gig HD, 640 MB ram.

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Clarification of Question by 2nd2none-ga on 18 Nov 2002 16:38 PST

It will also run the cdrom if i try to type in a web address, i have
to wait for it to run up before i can start typing.

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Request for Question Clarification by funkywizard-ga on 18 Nov 2002 18:02 PST

One thing I would try doing is open up a command window (in windows xp
and 2000, go to start->run and type "cmd" and hit enter. In windows
95/98/me, start->run and type "command" and hit enter)

Then type "path" and hit enter

If you see anything listing the drive letter of your cdrom drive, you
should edit the path variable to not include this. In earlier versions
of windows, this could be done by editing the path listing in
autoexec.bat. I am unsure how to change this in windows 2000/xp, but
if you can verify this is your problem, I would be glad to research
this for you.

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Clarification of Question by 2nd2none-ga on 18 Nov 2002 19:58 PST

Sorry for not posting my OS, win98 SE, This is what the result was
from typing "path";

path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\program files\microsoft sql
server\80\tools\binn\

The cdrom drive that runs up is the E: drive.

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Clarification of Question by 2nd2none-ga on 05 Dec 2002 11:54 PST

sorry for not replying sooner;  to amansingh, there is no cdrom folder
in my registry, so that doesnt work for me, unless i need to add this
to the registry?  For a hardware issue...i only used to have one cd
rom and it would have the problem that i'm trying to fix, i recently
added a cd/rw now that drive spins up and the regular cdrom drive
doesnt anymore???????  I deselected the auto insert notification but
it still does what it is doing.

I find that whenever I have a disk in my CDRom drive my computer runs
up the disk at seemingly random times (Windows 2000, and especially
Windows 95/98).

If I try to think what I am doing at when the drive runs up, it seems
I am always doing something file system related.

As far as I can tell, the Windows OS is just double-checking the
directory tree and contents of the drive so it can present the user
with options related to the drive.

I, therefore, do not keep cds in my drive when they are not being
used.

I don’t know of any way to turn off this feature.

Internet explorer also keeps a history of webpages/files you have
visited. If you have visited a file on a CDRom drive, it will identify
the drive letter with your CDRom drive, and Windows may run up the
CDRom to see what is available when Internet Explorer is used. Help
files and info files on install CDs are often stored in files that
require the browser to read.

Try deleting your history and temporary files in Internet Explorer
(Tools menu – Internet Options – you need to click two buttons –
“Clear History” and “Delete Files”. After deleting these files, does
IE still run up your CDRom? (don’t delete these files if you use your
history or use the auto complete features of Internet Explorer for
surfing the web.)

It does not matter if i have a cd in the drive or not, it still runs
up, and sometimes keeps running until i hit eject to shut it off. 
Tried deleting temp files and clearing the history with same results.

I'm not sure if this is the solution, therefore I'm not going to post
this as an answer. But it just may be the thing you're looking for.

Your problem may be caused by the Auto Insert Notification feature
which is available in your system. The feature causes your system to
'poll', or check the status of your drive from time to time.

The solution would be to disable the Auto Insert Notification feature.
Here's how to do it:

1) Go Control Panel and open up System
2) Select the Device Manager tab and double click CD-ROM
3) Double click the CD-ROM drive in your system
4) Select the Settings tab and uncheck the Auto Insert Notification
feature.

Hopefully this will help.

pmrozik-ga

For your problem I can give you the solution. You have to Control the
CD-ROM Autorun Function then it should not run unnecessary. Follow my
instructions you will have to modify the registry.

1. Click on start-->Run-->regedit-->press enter
2. This should open registry editor now you can see 5 trees
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS,
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG.
 
3. Now browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
and check if "Autorun" is there. if it is there check the value if the
value is 1 change value to 0. if "Autorun" is not present then create
a new DWORD value named Autorun and set the data to equal '0'.

Remember the settings I repeate again
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
Name: Autorun
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0=disable, 1=enable)

This should solve the problem

Good Luck !!!!

If your CD-ROM spins up when it is empty, it looks like a hardware
problem.

Do you have any opportunity to temporarily install and try another
CD-ROM drive in your PC?

sorry for not replying sooner;  to amansingh, there is no cdrom folder
in my registry, so that doesnt work for me, unless i need to add this
to the registry?  For a hardware issue...i only used to have one cd
rom and it would have the problem that i'm trying to fix, i recently
added a cd/rw now that drive spins up and the regular cdrom drive
doesnt anymore???????  I deselected the auto insert notification but
it still does what it is doing.