Hi,
Make sure it isn't being actively scanned by your antivirus product. Also,
if the activity seems to be related to one particular program check the mru
lists and settings of it to see if that is the cause.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"MBO" <MBO@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi,
> I'm wondering what setting I can access to keep my DVD drive from spinning
> up frequently - even when there's no disk in the drive. I know that there
> used to be a problem with older versions of Windows where you could stop
> this
> from happening, but I'm not sure if this is the same for Vista or how to
> stop
> the behavior.
>
> Thanks for any tips you might have.
>
> MBO