>I did find that the Foreign File Access extension was turned off. After >activating it and throwing away the Apple CD Audio Player preferences, I was >able, one time, for the audio player to recognize the CD. It would not, >however, play it, nor would the CD icon appear on the desktop. Weird. The CD did not appear on the desktop? That's a more fundamental part of the process than the recognization (is that a word?) by the CD Player program. If you insert a CD and wait for a while without that program running, does anything happen? I'd expect that the computer would eventually either mount the disc on the desktop or give you an error about it. If neither happens, there's probably something messed up in the System. Nevin