> Lucas, > > The easiest way to disable autoinsert notification (actually the > only that I know of) is to use tweakui. The standard win95 > powertoy will install and run without any problems in NT 4.0. > I realize and had previously used tweak ui, however, it DOES NOT disable autoinsert notification. It DOES disable the autorun feature. Nonetheless, the OS still probes all of the cd devices each 5 seconds to see if new media has been inserted. This does indeed cause some serious problems when writing to a CD, such as very unstable buffer activity. If anybody knows of a registry adjustment that can be made, I strongly suspect that this is where the fix lies. #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# Lucas Starrett 229 South-West Complex http://jarl.cs.uop.edu/~lstarret/ University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211 I used to have a handle on life... (209) 465-5518 ...but it broke! #%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%# PCBUILD: http://nospin.com or [log in to unmask]