[LUTE] Harold Westover Medieval Lute

[Roger Landes]

   I recently purchased a 5 course Medieval lute made in 1987 by Harold
   Westover of New Hampshire. A google search brought up a couple of
   messages on this forum about his work. Anyone here know anything about
   Westover and/or the instruments he built?
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[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[Sean Smith]

Apparently I’m still working from an older bookmark. Thank you for supplying 
the more current address.

Sean



On May 9, 2016, at 3:31 PM, Andrew  wrote:

> I just noticed the other day that the Lute Society of America has a new page, 
> and the facsimiles page is here now.
> 
> http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/Tab-Facsimiles
> 
> 
>> On 10 May 2016, at 7:50 AM, Sean Smith  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Alternatively, most (all? I haven’t checked all the links) library sites 
>> that offer the vihuela books on the web can be found here:
>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Alan Hoyle > > wrote:
>> 
>>> Not sure about Windows 10, but on Windows 7 this Vihuela CD-ROM can be made 
>>> to function 'properly' if you select 'Run as Administrator'. I did send 
>>> instructions to Chris Goodwin (a few years ago now) - a pity as I can no 
>>> longer find either the CD-ROM or my copy of the complete sequence of steps 
>>> that ends with selecting 'Run as Administrator' - perhaps a more savvy 
>>> reader of this will know what to do.
>>> 
>>> Alan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9 May 2016 at 22:34, Sean Smith 
>>> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Monica,
>>> 
>>> I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than 
>>> ideal. I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine 
>>> Explore would do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I 
>>> named a new folder on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the 
>>> images en masse to the respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it 
>>> didn’t take that long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep 
>>> it straight, I duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled 
>>> them “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the pieces as I need 
>>> them. Then I never used the CD again.
>>> 
>>> I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen 
>>> this come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> Sean
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
>>> 
 
 Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check
 everything you suggest.
 it was upgraded from Windows 7.
 Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books
 and the music CD was newish.
 I don't want to take up too much of
 anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.
 
 Thanks to others who also replied.
 Best
 Monica
 Original Message
 
 From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
 Date: 09/05/2016 18:45
 To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
 co.uk"
 Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute
 question but...
 
 Hi Monica,
 
 First thing: is this a problem with one CD
 or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
 it is just one, inspect the surface
 (not the label side) with reflected
 light and look for oil, finger-
 grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
 side for damage to the inner
 circumference of the metal layer: that's where
 the 'table of contents'
 resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
 recognized.
 
 A
 couple of needed questions:
 Did you buy this computer with windows 10
 on it, or is this an upgrade?
 Did the computer come with a CD drive?
 
 (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)
 
 
 If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't
 
 available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid
 you
 not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new
 jukebox. It
 should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the
 start button.
 
 If you prefer something familiar, you can find the
 Windows Media Player
 (which is included in Win10) by using the
 WindowsKey +R combination, then
 typing
 wmplayer.exe 
 When it
 appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
 taskbar",
 then it's easier to find when you need it.
 
 That's what you have to do
 to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
 player.
 
 If it doesn't,
 it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
 Windows10
 _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
 should
 be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
 use
 it without problems.
 
 If your problem is that the CD player is not
 recognized by the computer, it
 may be that it isn't getting a good
 connection. On a notebook computer,
 some CD/DVD drivers can be 

[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[Andrew]

I just noticed the other day that the Lute Society of America has a new page, 
and the facsimiles page is here now.

http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/Tab-Facsimiles


> On 10 May 2016, at 7:50 AM, Sean Smith  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Alternatively, most (all? I haven’t checked all the links) library sites 
> that offer the vihuela books on the web can be found here:
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html 
> 
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Alan Hoyle  > wrote:
> 
>> Not sure about Windows 10, but on Windows 7 this Vihuela CD-ROM can be made 
>> to function 'properly' if you select 'Run as Administrator'. I did send 
>> instructions to Chris Goodwin (a few years ago now) - a pity as I can no 
>> longer find either the CD-ROM or my copy of the complete sequence of steps 
>> that ends with selecting 'Run as Administrator' - perhaps a more savvy 
>> reader of this will know what to do.
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> 
>> On 9 May 2016 at 22:34, Sean Smith > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Monica,
>> 
>> I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than 
>> ideal. I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine 
>> Explore would do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I 
>> named a new folder on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the 
>> images en masse to the respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it 
>> didn’t take that long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep 
>> it straight, I duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled 
>> them “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the pieces as I need 
>> them. Then I never used the CD again.
>> 
>> I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen 
>> this come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check
>>> everything you suggest.
>>> it was upgraded from Windows 7.
>>> Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books
>>> and the music CD was newish.
>>> I don't want to take up too much of
>>> anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to others who also replied.
>>> Best
>>> Monica
>>> Original Message
>>> 
>>> From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
>>> Date: 09/05/2016 18:45
>>> To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
>>> co.uk"
>>> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute
>>> question but...
>>> 
>>> Hi Monica,
>>> 
>>> First thing: is this a problem with one CD
>>> or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
>>> it is just one, inspect the surface
>>> (not the label side) with reflected
>>> light and look for oil, finger-
>>> grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
>>> side for damage to the inner
>>> circumference of the metal layer: that's where
>>> the 'table of contents'
>>> resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
>>> recognized.
>>> 
>>> A
>>> couple of needed questions:
>>> Did you buy this computer with windows 10
>>> on it, or is this an upgrade?
>>> Did the computer come with a CD drive?
>>> 
>>> (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't
>>> 
>>> available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid
>>> you
>>> not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new
>>> jukebox. It
>>> should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the
>>> start button.
>>> 
>>> If you prefer something familiar, you can find the
>>> Windows Media Player
>>> (which is included in Win10) by using the
>>> WindowsKey +R combination, then
>>> typing
>>> wmplayer.exe 
>>> When it
>>> appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
>>> taskbar",
>>> then it's easier to find when you need it.
>>> 
>>> That's what you have to do
>>> to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
>>> player.
>>> 
>>> If it doesn't,
>>> it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
>>> Windows10
>>> _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
>>> should
>>> be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
>>> use
>>> it without problems.
>>> 
>>> If your problem is that the CD player is not
>>> recognized by the computer, it
>>> may be that it isn't getting a good
>>> connection. On a notebook computer,
>>> some CD/DVD drivers can be removed,
>>> and if they are not put all the way
>>> back in properly, they might not.
>>> In that case, taking them out and putting
>>> them back in works.
>>> 
>>> If you
>>> have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
>>> have
>>> the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and 

[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[Sean Smith]

Alternatively, most (all? I haven’t checked all the links) library sites that 
offer the vihuela books on the web can be found here:
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html

Sean


On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Alan Hoyle  wrote:

> Not sure about Windows 10, but on Windows 7 this Vihuela CD-ROM can be made 
> to function 'properly' if you select 'Run as Administrator'. I did send 
> instructions to Chris Goodwin (a few years ago now) - a pity as I can no 
> longer find either the CD-ROM or my copy of the complete sequence of steps 
> that ends with selecting 'Run as Administrator' - perhaps a more savvy reader 
> of this will know what to do.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> On 9 May 2016 at 22:34, Sean Smith  wrote:
> 
> Hi Monica,
> 
> I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than ideal. 
> I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine Explore 
> would do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I named a new 
> folder on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the images en masse 
> to the respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it didn’t take that 
> long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep it straight, I 
> duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled them “TOC, chapter 
> ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the pieces as I need them. Then I never used 
> the CD again.
> 
> I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen this 
> come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >
> > Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check
> > everything you suggest.
> > it was upgraded from Windows 7.
> > Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books
> > and the music CD was newish.
> > I don't want to take up too much of
> > anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.
> >
> > Thanks to others who also replied.
> > Best
> > Monica
> > Original Message
> >
> > From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
> > Date: 09/05/2016 18:45
> > To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
> > co.uk"
> > Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute
> > question but...
> >
> > Hi Monica,
> >
> > First thing: is this a problem with one CD
> > or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
> > it is just one, inspect the surface
> > (not the label side) with reflected
> > light and look for oil, finger-
> > grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
> > side for damage to the inner
> > circumference of the metal layer: that's where
> > the 'table of contents'
> > resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
> > recognized.
> >
> > A
> > couple of needed questions:
> > Did you buy this computer with windows 10
> > on it, or is this an upgrade?
> > Did the computer come with a CD drive?
> >
> > (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)
> >
> >
> > If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't
> >
> > available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid
> > you
> > not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new
> > jukebox. It
> > should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the
> > start button.
> >
> > If you prefer something familiar, you can find the
> > Windows Media Player
> > (which is included in Win10) by using the
> > WindowsKey +R combination, then
> > typing
> > wmplayer.exe 
> > When it
> > appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
> > taskbar",
> > then it's easier to find when you need it.
> >
> > That's what you have to do
> > to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
> > player.
> >
> > If it doesn't,
> > it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
> > Windows10
> > _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
> > should
> > be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
> > use
> > it without problems.
> >
> > If your problem is that the CD player is not
> > recognized by the computer, it
> > may be that it isn't getting a good
> > connection. On a notebook computer,
> > some CD/DVD drivers can be removed,
> > and if they are not put all the way
> > back in properly, they might not.
> > In that case, taking them out and putting
> > them back in works.
> >
> > If you
> > have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
> > have
> > the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not
> >
> > hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking
> > it
> > back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and
> > forgot to
> > hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And
> > test it!)
> >
> > Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for
> > CD/DVD drivers,
> > unless the drive is very weird and came with its own
> > driver disk. If it
> > did, the likelihood of 

[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[Dmitry Medvedev]

OK, I know this is not strictly in accordance with copyright and all 
that, but I did try to contact the original publishers about it with no 
result...
I have recently created a web-based "remake" of the old vihuela books 
CD, which has all the original catalog information plus the updated 
images. I would be happy to make it "official" somehow, and I even 
offered the publisher my help with updating their software, completely 
free of charge, but like I said, they were not interested...
Here is the website itself, feel free to test, and let me know if you 
want any extra features etc.

http://www.musicaparavihuela.com/

Cheers,
Dmitry

On 5/9/2016 5:34 PM, Sean Smith wrote:

Hi Monica,

I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than ideal. I 
opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine Explore would do 
it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I named a new folder on my 
desktop for each book/composer and dragged the images en masse to the respective 
folder. At the end of the day (ok, it didn’t take that long) I had a folder for each 
book. To further help keep it straight, I duplicated the images of the tables of 
content and labeled them “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the 
pieces as I need them. Then I never used the CD again.

I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen this 
come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.

Sean


On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:


Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check
everything you suggest.
it was upgraded from Windows 7.
Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books
and the music CD was newish.
I don't want to take up too much of
anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.

Thanks to others who also replied.
Best
Monica
Original Message

From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
Date: 09/05/2016 18:45
To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
co.uk"
Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute
question but...

Hi Monica,

First thing: is this a problem with one CD
or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
it is just one, inspect the surface
(not the label side) with reflected
light and look for oil, finger-
grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
side for damage to the inner
circumference of the metal layer: that's where
the 'table of contents'
resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
recognized.

A
couple of needed questions:
Did you buy this computer with windows 10
on it, or is this an upgrade?
Did the computer come with a CD drive?

(Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)


If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't

available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid
you
not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new
jukebox. It
should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the
start button.

If you prefer something familiar, you can find the
Windows Media Player
(which is included in Win10) by using the
WindowsKey +R combination, then
typing
wmplayer.exe 
When it
appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
taskbar",
then it's easier to find when you need it.

That's what you have to do
to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
player.

If it doesn't,
it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
Windows10
_should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
should
be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
use
it without problems.

If your problem is that the CD player is not
recognized by the computer, it
may be that it isn't getting a good
connection. On a notebook computer,
some CD/DVD drivers can be removed,
and if they are not put all the way
back in properly, they might not.
In that case, taking them out and putting
them back in works.

If you
have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
have
the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not

hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking
it
back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and
forgot to
hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And
test it!)

Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for
CD/DVD drivers,
unless the drive is very weird and came with its own
driver disk. If it
did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10
that support it is very
small. If it was very expensive, the
manufacturer's web site might have
updated drivers. It'd make more
sense just to replace it (especially
because the drives have been
improved a lot since the days of specialized
drivers.)

If you get
through all this without success, or have questions, feel free
to write
back, I'll do what I can.

Best regards,
Ray



On Mon, May 9, 2016 at
12:00 PM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk <
mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:


Does

anyone know how to play CDs or 

[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[Sean Smith]

Hi Monica,

I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than ideal. I 
opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine Explore would 
do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I named a new folder 
on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the images en masse to the 
respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it didn’t take that long) I had a 
folder for each book. To further help keep it straight, I duplicated the images 
of the tables of content and labeled them “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I 
could find the pieces as I need them. Then I never used the CD again.

I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen this 
come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.

Sean


On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:

> 
> Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check 
> everything you suggest.  
> it was upgraded from Windows 7.  
> Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books 
> and the music CD was newish.
> I don't want to take up too much of 
> anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.
> 
> Thanks to others who also replied.
> Best
> Monica
> Original Message
> 
> From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
> Date: 09/05/2016 18:45 
> To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
> co.uk"
> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute 
> question but...
> 
> Hi Monica,
> 
> First thing: is this a problem with one CD 
> or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
> it is just one, inspect the surface 
> (not the label side) with reflected
> light and look for oil, finger-
> grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
> side for damage to the inner 
> circumference of the metal layer: that's where
> the 'table of contents' 
> resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
> recognized.
> 
> A 
> couple of needed questions:
> Did you buy this computer with windows 10 
> on it, or is this an upgrade?
> Did the computer come with a CD drive?
> 
> (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)
> 
> 
> If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't
> 
> available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid 
> you
> not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new 
> jukebox. It
> should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the 
> start button.
> 
> If you prefer something familiar, you can find the 
> Windows Media Player
> (which is included in Win10) by using the 
> WindowsKey +R combination, then
> typing
> wmplayer.exe 
> When it 
> appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
> taskbar", 
> then it's easier to find when you need it.
> 
> That's what you have to do 
> to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
> player.
> 
> If it doesn't, 
> it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
> Windows10 
> _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
> should 
> be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
> use 
> it without problems.
> 
> If your problem is that the CD player is not 
> recognized by the computer, it
> may be that it isn't getting a good 
> connection. On a notebook computer,
> some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, 
> and if they are not put all the way
> back in properly, they might not. 
> In that case, taking them out and putting
> them back in works.
> 
> If you 
> have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
> have 
> the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not
> 
> hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking 
> it
> back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and 
> forgot to
> hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And 
> test it!)
> 
> Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for 
> CD/DVD drivers,
> unless the drive is very weird and came with its own 
> driver disk. If it
> did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10 
> that support it is very
> small. If it was very expensive, the 
> manufacturer's web site might have
> updated drivers. It'd make more 
> sense just to replace it (especially
> because the drives have been 
> improved a lot since the days of specialized
> drivers.)
> 
> If you get 
> through all this without success, or have questions, feel free
> to write 
> back, I'll do what I can.
> 
> Best regards,
> Ray
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 
> 12:00 PM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk <
> mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Does 
> anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to
>> 
> have any drives for this...
>> Best wishes to all.
>> Monica
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To 
> get on or off this list see list information at
>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...

[mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk]

Many thanks for this.  It will take some time to digest and check 
everything you suggest.  
it was upgraded from Windows 7.  
Inadvertently - it just happened.   The CDROM is of the vihuela books 
and the music CD was newish.
I don't want to take up too much of 
anyone's time so I'll  try what you suggest and see what happens.

Thanks to others who also replied.
Best
Monica
Original Message

From: tiorbin...@gmail.com
Date: 09/05/2016 18:45 
To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
co.uk"
Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute 
question but...

Hi Monica,

First thing: is this a problem with one CD 
or all of them? (Had to ask.) If
it is just one, inspect the surface 
(not the label side) with reflected
light and look for oil, finger-
grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label
side for damage to the inner 
circumference of the metal layer: that's where
the 'table of contents' 
resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be
recognized.

A 
couple of needed questions:
Did you buy this computer with windows 10 
on it, or is this an upgrade?
Did the computer come with a CD drive?

(Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!)


If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't

available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid 
you
not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new 
jukebox. It
should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the 
start button.

If you prefer something familiar, you can find the 
Windows Media Player
(which is included in Win10) by using the 
WindowsKey +R combination, then
typing
wmplayer.exe 
When it 
appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to
taskbar", 
then it's easier to find when you need it.

That's what you have to do 
to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD
player.

If it doesn't, 
it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
Windows10 
_should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
should 
be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and
use 
it without problems.

If your problem is that the CD player is not 
recognized by the computer, it
may be that it isn't getting a good 
connection. On a notebook computer,
some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, 
and if they are not put all the way
back in properly, they might not. 
In that case, taking them out and putting
them back in works.

If you 
have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
have 
the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not

hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking 
it
back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and 
forgot to
hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And 
test it!)

Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for 
CD/DVD drivers,
unless the drive is very weird and came with its own 
driver disk. If it
did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10 
that support it is very
small. If it was very expensive, the 
manufacturer's web site might have
updated drivers. It'd make more 
sense just to replace it (especially
because the drives have been 
improved a lot since the days of specialized
drivers.)

If you get 
through all this without success, or have questions, feel free
to write 
back, I'll do what I can.

Best regards,
Ray



On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 
12:00 PM, mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk <
mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> Does 
anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to
> 
have any drives for this...
> Best wishes to all.
> Monica
>
>
>
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[LUTE] Not really a lute question but...

[mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk]

Does anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to 
have any drives for this...
Best wishes to all.
Monica



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