Hello my freinds, I really hope someone can help me with this. I have, in my computer, a DVD-Ram and a DVD+-RW drive. Since (and I can't say which one was the cause of this) installing Interactual DVDPLayer and/or updating the firmware of the DVD+-RW drive to make it recognise certain brands of blank DVDs neither of my drives will work properly. Specifically, neither drive will notice that a new disc has been inserted. By this I mean that when I put a new disc in and then go to "My Computer" it still shows Drives E: and F: as containing a disc that haven't been in the drives for a few weeks. If I then put another disc in either drive it will still claim the same 4 week old disc is in there. However, when I double click on the icon in My Computer, for either drive, it will always give me an acurate display of what's on the disc. It will also give an acurate total space/free space reading in My Computer. Also, and I don't know if this is linked to the previous symptom, when I put a DVD-Video in either drive they won't recognise it as a DVD. And hence neither Windows Media Player, PowerDVD or RealOne Player will recognise that a DVD-Video is in the drive, but bizzarely InterActual Player plays them fine (hence my suspicion that it may be the cause of the problems.) I am sorry for such a long question, but InterActual Player, being the only software I can use to watch DVDs, is an awful program and crashes regularly, and also doesn't pause video without starting it again from the beginning of the movie. So any help would be gratefully recieved.

Sorry. Here are my computer specification: Epox Kt133a MOBO Athlon 1.2 Ghz TBird 786Mb SDram 140GB HardDrives (80 + 60GB Maxtor 7200rpm drives) GeForce 4 Mx440 128DDr 8xAGP GFX Card S4 Savage Pro 8MB GFX Card (Dual Monitors) SB Audigy Gamer Sound Card RealTek 100BaseT Ethernet Card UnKnown Brand of DVD-RAM NEC 1300a DVD+-RW Thanks.

#1 rule with DVD Decoders.You NEVER EVER INSTALL INTERACTUAL PLAYER OK!!!!You will save yourself a lot of headaches and trouble.

Install SP1 and run windows update so you have all the latest patches and review this article too.

I have SP1 installed, and the solution that the link decscribed seems acurate except that my comp won't recognise any disc, be it CD, DVD, DVD-R or anything else. Would people recomend I instal the patch or should I find a different solution?

I'd say install the patch and see if it helps.