Vista - Can't Install from CD

I am having issues with some CD-ROMs

I can't even get Vista to open some CD-ROMS, I put it in, it Autoplays -
sometimes the install game screen comes up, sometimes not. When I do click
install the screen poofs and nothing happens, no lockup, nothing.

I turned off the Program Controller thing, thinking it may be conflicting -
but doesn't help either.

I tried to browse the CD and it doesn't show anything on the CD at all
(although it does show disc space so it is reading the disc) It is not like
this for every game I have tried to install... just Oblivion and CC3. Is
this because the CD is copy-protected? Is there a workaround to get it to
install? Is it a CD-ROM driver issue because I updated all my drivers.

Also Vista Sucks. I have had more Bluescreens in one day than I ever had on
XP.

"Shuklack" <Shuklack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:08E35E33-7172-4A5A-BB48-00F381C9221F@microsoft.com...
>I am having issues with some CD-ROMs
>
> I can't even get Vista to open some CD-ROMS, I put it in, it Autoplays -
> sometimes the install game screen comes up, sometimes not. When I do
> click
> install the screen poofs and nothing happens, no lockup, nothing.
>
> I turned off the Program Controller thing, thinking it may be
> conflicting -
> but doesn't help either.
>
> I tried to browse the CD and it doesn't show anything on the CD at all
> (although it does show disc space so it is reading the disc) It is not
> like
> this for every game I have tried to install... just Oblivion and CC3. Is
> this because the CD is copy-protected? Is there a workaround to get it to
> install? Is it a CD-ROM driver issue because I updated all my drivers.

Oblivion and Command and Conquer 3 are both on DVDs, do you have a DVD-ROM
drive?

> Also Vista Sucks.

Leave the childish unsubstantiated claims for when you're not in public.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Yes, I have 2 drives. HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8164B and a TSSTcorp CD/DVDW
SH-S182D. Neither work. The DVD-ROM occassionally tells me to "insert a
disc" when disc is already in there, but more often it just mimics the same
thing the CD/DVDW drive does.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Shuklack" <Shuklack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:08E35E33-7172-4A5A-BB48-00F381C9221F@microsoft.com...
> >I am having issues with some CD-ROMs
> >
> > I can't even get Vista to open some CD-ROMS, I put it in, it Autoplays -
> > sometimes the install game screen comes up, sometimes not. When I do
> > click
> > install the screen poofs and nothing happens, no lockup, nothing.
> >
> > I turned off the Program Controller thing, thinking it may be
> > conflicting -
> > but doesn't help either.
> >
> > I tried to browse the CD and it doesn't show anything on the CD at all
> > (although it does show disc space so it is reading the disc) It is not
> > like
> > this for every game I have tried to install... just Oblivion and CC3. Is
> > this because the CD is copy-protected? Is there a workaround to get it to
> > install? Is it a CD-ROM driver issue because I updated all my drivers.
>
> Oblivion and Command and Conquer 3 are both on DVDs, do you have a DVD-ROM
> drive?
>
> > Also Vista Sucks.
>
> Leave the childish unsubstantiated claims for when you're not in public.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

Also, would like to add that Medieval 2 Total War, another DVD-Rom causes a
Bluescreen error after I click install. Also consistently tells me to
"Insert a disc" into the drive when I attempt to explore.

The DVDW drive opens it but shows nothing.