Another computer headache!!

[cousinlucky]

I had used the windows xp part of my computer to write a letter and I decided to play a couple of games of " hearts ". I inserted a cd and used nero to play it. All of a suuden about halfway through the cd the sound disappeared and my computer just froze up. I could not eject the cd or even shut the computer off so I unplugged it. I can play cd's in suse linux but in windows I do not have any sound at all even though the cd player still works.

Does anyone have any idea as to just what caused this to happen? Thanks!

[Oxygen]

Does it still happen?

[MikeTbob]

I'm not at all familiar with Digital Rights Management, but this sounds like one of those "horror" stories you hear about on slashdot, where someone used a Music CD containing DRM and it messed up the machine.

[cousinlucky]

Thanks, MikeTbob!! I'll have to checkout splashdot and digital rights management asap.

[cousinlucky]

I have played the cd in my computer many times before and nothing happened. Besides I was just playing it and not trying to copy it. I guess this is just another computer setback for me.

[budman7]

Sounds like a gremlin got inside the computer, but it can only effect windows, not linux.

[cousinlucky]

Tomorrow I'm going to delete my nero application and then reinstall it to see if that helps.

[cousinlucky]

Senility has crept into my old brain. I forgot that I created a windows restore point last August. My Nero cd player is pumping out sound again now. Perhaps my mind has partitioned off my windows experiences to keep them from bothering me.