just purchased a new LG dvdrw, it wont play any dvd or do autorun on any disc. I checked windows explorer and the drive was able to detect the dvd/cd but it wont do anything. do i need to install anything for the drive to work? im using winxp

Open your Device Manager
click on View ... Show hidden devices

Click on and Delete (with the Delete key) any devices that have a ? or ! in front of them.
If the Device Manager has an "Other" device category, open it and Delete any devices in the "Other" category.
Now, reboot.

The reboot will force Windows to refind the deleted devices and hopefully see them for what they are.
After rebooting, give Windows time to locate and properly install the deleted devices.

Go to the Device Manager and verify that all your devices are listed correctly.

i can see the label of the disc on my computer/explorer. but the problem is I cant view the contains of the drive. im using winxp, all the connections are fine. but its showing DVD-RAM, I got a multi-speed dvd writer. how can i make it DVD-ROM?