Auto play problem in WinXP SP2

[bevills1]

A friend has a Dell computer with XP Home SP2 that will play CDs and DVDs if a media player is launched and play is started manually, but it won't auto play when disc is inserted. Ditto for program discs for installing software, and setup program must be run from Explorer of by using the Run command.. I opened "My Computer," right clicked the drive, selected "Properties" and from the "Auto Play" tab selected the option to play with appropriate media player, but it still fails to auto play when disc is inserted. Am I missing something, is there something else need be done, or is there likely some problem with XP on this machine?

[SLK001]

And having the stupid "Autoplay" function disabled is a problem how?

[bevills1]

Solution was found from another forum and is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389...displaylang=en.
The cause seems to have been Inter Active Player because a message is given that a problem was encountered even when trying to manually play DVD using Inter Active Player, and the problem recurs if Inter Active Player is selected from the "Auto Play" tab in My Computer. VLC Player was downlaoded and installed, and recurrence of the problem has ceased.

[aedipuss]

keeping autoplay off is one of the best things you can do to keep spyware and drm crap off of your computer.

[bevills1]

I don't see what auto play has to do with preventing spyware. It's much more important to turn off the Server service and File Sharing as well as using a router and a Firewall IMO