CompuServe Messages

NDW installs a slew of stuff in your config and autoexec files if you let it when you first set it up. Sorry if this seems obvious, but if anything refers to the E: drive as a parameter your system will check the drive…this may be why you avoid the problem if a CD is in the drive. Also check all your programs in the auto start group and in the load and run lines of win.ini for the same problem, as well as any pif files referenced in either place. Even so much as a simple E: on a line could cause the problem. Also, check to be sure that the CD driver is compatible with MSCDEX 2.21 – I had a problem with that, needed version 2.20 instead. This is the kind of subtle problem that drives me nuts – good luck, Paul.