In Vista, go to the Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Autoplay. You can set the computer to take the action that you want when a CD/DVD is inserted. It should be similar in other versions of Windows.

I believe Autorun is programmed into the disc itself, so I would imagine Autoplay is what you are looking for. If not, come back and let us know. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Thanks Jaime,

I forgot to mention I am using XP.

I tried setting the autoplay features using properties on the cd/dvd drive and checked the registry to make sure auto run was enabled..it was.

It just won't work with PD8 but does with PD7.

Is there a disable autorun option that I missed in PD8.

Thanks
Graham

This is what I have found:
Microsoft security patch 967715 (July 2009) disabled autorun for CD/DVD roms,usb drives,network drives etc. These settings can be changed by the user by modifying the registry key NoDriveTypeAutoRun located in HKEY_Current_User\software\microsoft\Windows\Current version\policies\explorer\ using Microsoft's instructions for enabling autorun for various devices.
Now before I installed PD8 I could modify these settings. After installation of PD8 the key is there but is now a Reg_binary versus what it was before Reg_DWORD and appears to contain its own unique settings.