I have no idea what the problem is...
I've spent a hour on google, searching for any form of "disable vista CD content check", mixing up the words... trying to look into hackers sites, delving deep into pirating sites... anywhere.
I dont care anymore about whats legal with vista.
if I have to crack things in vista, that microsoft doesnt want me to do... to get a functional OS... from now on, I am gonna.
I just dont care any more.
vista is so damn bad, that I will take any solution I can find, no matter where it comes from, even if that means hacking the OS to do it.

my last major blow out with vista, was, when I tried to get HDDVD's to play... only to find that vista will not allow you to play a HDDVD on a screen thats not HDCP... which for me, means they expect me to buy a new screen just to be able to watch movies... that I paid for.
I just bought this LCD last summer... a dell 2005 FPW... and now vista says its not good enough?
oh hell no.
hacking is becoming my new hobby, cause vistas so damn bad, that often the solutions are not exactly something MS wants you to do.
did I get HDDVD's to play on my OS, without having to buy a whole new LCD?
yep sure did.
was it legal?
probably not.
do I care?
hell no.
if this is the kinda thing I have to resort to, to get a functional OS... then thats what I am gonna do.
I am tired of trying to find solutions with MS, on how to fix various problems.
thier solutions always seem to either require me reinstalling XP... or buying some new hardware that I dont need.

with the media problem... I havent found a solution yet.
but I do have a few good leads now...

what I can say, is when media is blocked, you can easily see it.
what happens is... you can check the properties of the disc, and see that say 4 gigs of data is burned to that disc... but you cannot access the disc at all. vista says nothing is there.
upon putting the discs in my friends laptop yesterday... all discs are fine.

then do something like put in my copy of fear... which also is a DVD.. and explore the disc... and then everything shows up just fine....

also, download some movie trailers... burned them in vista, with nero 7.6... explore the disc.... they work just fine.

so the drive... and discs are all fine.

I just cannot access any form of media, that I burned over the last few years... unless it was burned with Vista.

god I hate vista....