that previously played games without their cd now won't play without them

I tried to solve this problem in a variety of sources - none were official Vista or any what Windows sites - but these just opened more problems.
I saw info on how SP2 could make changes in the authorized functions but it was installed November 25, but the problem looked at only on Nov.28.
Perhaps the problem with the removal of one program in the list of processes to autostart?

What happened with only 2 of my games - Nancy drew: secrets of the old clock and the last train to Blue Moon Canyon

I said choose Vista, so I don't know why my post is under Windows 7

Anisometropia,
I don't think one of those prgrams would not start automatically.  I would suggest removing the games and then re - install.  Post back if you still have a problem after that. Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
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