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When you try to use an upgrade product key to install Windows Vista from the Windows Vista DVD, you may receive the following message:

To use the product key you entered, start the installation from your existing version of Windows.

You insert a DVD disk to watch a movie on a Windows Vista-based portable computer. You use Windows Media Player (Wmplayer.exe) or an application in Windows Media Center (Ehshell.exe) to watch the movie. However, the overall volume seems to be too low. For example, when you set maximum gain on all volume controls that are available in the audio mixer, system sounds and CD music playback are loud enough. However, DVD playback volume is still not loud enough.

When you insert a DVD-VR-formatted disc into the DVD drive on a Windows Vista-based computer, a Windows Explorer window appears instead of the AutoPlay dialog box. Therefore, the DVD does not play automatically as expected.

When you use Windows Media Player to burn a CD or a DVD in Windows Vista, the CD or DVD burner drive may not be visible in Windows Media Player.

Consider the following scenario:

• You share the optical drive of a Windows Vista-based computer, and then you insert a CD or DVD disc into the drive.
• You use a network connection to access the disc from a second Windows Vista-based computer.
• You replace the disc with a different disc.
• You try to access the new disc from the second computer by using the same network connection.

In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

The wrong diskette is in the drive.
Insert correct diskette into drive \\path_of_shared_disc\name_of_shared_disc

If you restart the second computer, you can access the new disc by using the network connection.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you use Mastered mode to burn a file to a writable DVD that has a 4.7-gigabyte (GB) capacity.
• The DVD already contains a file that is larger than 2 GB.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

There was an error burning this disc. The disc might no longer be usable.

Consider the following scenario. You play a DVD movie by using Windows Media Center in Windows Vista or by using Windows Media Player 11. You eject or stop the DVD, and then you play audio from an alternative source, such as a music CD or a multimedia audio format. (WMA and MP3 are examples of multimedia audio format files.) In this scenario, the audio may be much louder when you play the alternative audio source than when you play the DVD movie.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you finish recording an optical disc, such as a CD-R, a CD-RW, a DVD-R, or a DVD-RW disc. To record the optical disc, you use the DVD-R/RW drive, and you select the mastered disc format. Then, you notice that the read speed of the drive is much slower than the expected speed. This slow read speed causes the Windows Vista operating system to take more time to copy files from the drive.

Note: If you use a built-in DVD drive, you must restart the operating system, or you must resume from hibernation, to reset to the default speed of the DVD drive. If you use an external DVD drive, you only have to restart the external DVD drive.