Why won't my windows media player not start up when i put a CD or DVD into it, it used to two days ago.?
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If you are refering to the auto-start option that is usually triggered when you insert the CD, you may have turned it off by error.\nIn windows explorer, right click your CD drive. In the properties>auto play Tab, check if play selection has been selected. If not, choose that.\nIf that is the case and even then it is not playing, try playing it from open file menu on the Win media player. If there is still an error, try re-installing Media player.
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Driver not there - it's not loaded properly - restart the computer\n\nMalfunction - yes you drive is too old to do the work - replace the drive\n\nCommunication problem - data or power cable is loose - open the case and press the 2 ends firmly together\n\nBad files - that happened when you burnt your disc - you have to be sure you have the back-up files to burn another one/or the format of your disc is not readable by your CD-ROM drive - some brands are more powerful to read more formats than the others\n\nHardware not connected??? Did you map your drive properly?\n\nYou should read this first (don't worry, it CAN be fixed easily)\n\nhttp://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/cd/recogDriver-c.html\nhttp://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0604/77l04/77l04.asp&guid=\n\n... and if you still have a problem just go to microsoft.com and do a search like "CD-ROM issue" "unreadable CDs"
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You probably have to download an update to the actual CD burning software.   Windows Media player probably uses the Roxio software to create the actual burn.   \n\nTry reinstalling your regular CD burner software, then burning a CD with it.  If that works, then Windows Media will start working too.
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if you only have windows media player istalled\nit wont play dvd or vcd`s,you need to install another\nplayer to act as codec`s , POWER DVD 5 is a good one.
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Reinstall your drivers go to start button, then click run and write devmgmt.msc in text box and then click Ok now check your dvd drive if it has any problems or if it even shows up if not the plug inside is probably loose.
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Try cleaning it with special CD Rom cleaning kits.  They are a CD that you insert and just push play.  This fixes my CD problems most of the time.  If this does not work take it to a technician.
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Well this could be the start of a whole lot of problems, but reinstalling would proably be the best thing.   Since you don't mention which DVD player software you have, it's hard to tell you what to do, but assuming you only have this file missing then do a search on google for the file name WINASPI32.dll and the word download.   Try to download it and put it in the folder where your DVD software is.   Then try again.
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try NERO, if that don't work then I suggest a problem with your burner, even though it can read a cd it could still be broken
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see if the led on the player turns on when you switch on the comp.if it doesn,its a problem with your dvd drive and not windows.\neither its not getting the power or the lens is spoiled.
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If you have a DVD drive ( I assume you do) just use your windows media player...works flawless. Make sure you update it to the newest version so that you have the newest drivers and codecs available.
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It's very likely you CD drive has worn out or broke down. I would get a new one, you can get them very cheap, even a DVD burner drive. Try TigerDirect.
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Ok, that's a "classic" problem, I guess...\n\nI have two solutions...\n\n1) If the CD that you are trying to access is burned, then it's a good chance that the CD was not burned properly. "Not burned properly" could mean one of two things: it wasn't finalized (which really only affects audio CD players) or that the information was not burned to the CD. If the CD wasn't finalized (which shouldn't cause a problem for a computer since multi-session discs which allow you to add data to a CD more than one time play fine "un-finalized") you should re-open the program that you used to burn the CD and finalize it. I am unsure which program you may have used, but the terminology of "finalize" could also be "close session" or something to the effect of "don't allow any more writing of data." \n\n2) You should replace your DVD writer (you said that you had a combo drive?). You don't have to replace the entire computer...that's preposterous and like treating a sore thumb with amputation of the arm. The beauty of computers is their modular make up, where if one thing goes wrong, or becomes obselete, you can just replace that. Don't feel like you were misused by the store or company; these things are made in factories at high rates by machines that may make mistakes from time to time. To me it isn't worth it to try to get it repaired because these things are so accessible to the average joe, that you could probably buy one for less than it would cost to get fixed. \n\nIn the end, computer "problems" are really computer solutions waiting to happen. The more problems that you have and fix, the more you learn...until finally you need no one's help. The next thing that you know, you'll be finding computers to fix...you might even get into computer tweaking and overclocking...\n\nBut let's get the drive right first...:=)\n\nHope that helps...!
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you probably need a new disc drive, your old one is probabaly broken...  try buying a new one...
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You put the xp cd. it will ask for a reinstall or a repair. select repair. it wil automatically repair the errors. you will get windows media player.
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You will have to clean your registry, use CCleaner. The Windows Media Player 11 has left remnants of itself in the registry.
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Go to microsofts site and reinstall media player.\nYour version may be corrupted.
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do you have the speakers on and full volume? if so then the CD or music files that came along with it may be corrupted.\n\n\n\ntry cleaning the CD