>Thanks Al
>
>>>Any attempt to explore a prop. disc results in a dialog: "Please insert disc in drive d:" with a cancel button (note no Retry button).
>>
>>At first glance, looks like it might be DRM gone bad.
>
>Forgive my ignorance but what is a DRM?
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/drm/default.aspxA+
jml
