On 29 Jul 2005 at 6:28, dhbailey wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2005 at 18:25, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > > > >>It did say on the update page that it was on DVD. You can get it on > >>CDRoms for a little extra $$$. > >> > >>But, you know, you could get a DVD drive for about $20, so, why not > >>just go get one? > > > > Well, for one, DVD drive support on Windows, especially WinXP, is > > decidedly problematic. It's not provided by the OS natively, but by > > add-in software. > > > > WinXP, in particular, has similar problems with CD-R/RW drives, ones > > which are inherent in the OS, and not correctable. > > > > Optical drives with WinXP are very problematic. > > Wow -- I never knew that! When I installed WinXPpro(SP1 which I have > since upgraded to service pack 2) on my desktop, I had a CDrw drive > and a DVDrom drive. They both worked excellently after I installed > WinXP and required no extra drivers to be installed. Then I took them > both out and replaced them with a single DVD+-RW drive, and it records > all matter of media except dual-layer DVDs, since it isn't designed > for that, all without any installation disk, all without any problems. > > From my experience with WinXP I would say that support for optical > drives is great.
As long as you do everything the way Microsoft decided you should do it, you'll not run into problems. If, on the other hand, you want to use your optical drives consistent with other removable media and with the way optical drives have worked in all previous versions of Windows, you can run into major problems. And don't even *think* about leaving a CD-R with an unclosed session in the drive when you shut down your system. You will get a STOP code BSOD. And Microsoft knows it. And doesn't have a workaround (except for not leaving the CD in the drive). And I'm that problem occurs on a WinXP machine with all the factory defaults, with CD-R/RW and DVD drive installed at the factory. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
