Hi Chris, Holding down SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive will stop it from automatically loading up or playing. That's a starting point at least. Cheers then Matthew :) >there >are two things I can't find. One is a way to shut off Auto Insert >Notification so CD's don't start by themselves ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to win2kforum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. To reach the administrator(s), send a message to win2kforum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx