Q134359: Starting Media Player Plays Audio CD

Article: Q134359
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): Win2000:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start Media Player, an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive may begin playing.

CAUSE
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This problem can occur with older NEC CD-ROM drives connected to a Trantor SCSI
adapter. These CD-ROM drives have a BIOS revision that is not completely
compatible with the Windows 95 Trantor driver.


RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

- Upgrade the CD-ROM drive to a firmware revision of 2.2 or later. Please
  contact the drive manufacturer for information about a firmware upgrade.

- Prevent Windows 95 from playing audio CDs automatically. For information
  about this method, please see the following article in the Microsoft
  Knowledge Base:

  Q126025 Preventing Windows 95 from Playing Audio CDs Automatically

- Load the real-mode driver that came with the CD-ROM drive.

  To use a real-mode driver instead of the Windows 95 protected-mode driver,
  load the driver in the Config.sys file, and load the Mscdex.exe file included
  with Windows 95 in the Autoexec.bat file following the manufacturer's
  instructions.

  NOTE: If these drivers were already installed when you installed Windows 95,
  they may still be in the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files, but be remarked
  out.

Additional query words: cdrom mplayer.exe wmptop

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : Win2000:95

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