I cannot access art cds message keeps coming up register expresslit but it wont let me. i am not looking for on line art just want to use discs provided

I would say that laser assembly has lost power and needs to be replaced

In most cases when the CD does not play it is possible that the optical head is a suspect. Sometimes it might pick up ordinary audio CD but will not play other formats. This indicates that the optical head is weak and so there is no detection or scanning of the CD . If the optical is working the tracks will be read immediately but with no scanning the laser head can be defective.

The main motor will not work in some cases as unless the tracks are read the drive motor will not work with signal from the processor. Also in some cases the central motor base can shift and so the distance to the disc can be more resulting in low detection. You can pull up the spindle to come closer.
Sometimes certain cleaner disks will not be tracked to run for cleaning as it will not be read and so will reject. Hence it is ideal to manually clean the laser head eye using a cleaning swap /cotton bud with gentle pressure on the lens eye.
If there is no result then watch if the CD spins or tries to spin. If so the board seems to work unless a test is taken on the main board but the possibility of a defective optical head can be the suspected fault.
If any of the above seems otherwise we must recheck with possibilities of a malfunction of the main processor board

It is probably looking for the clip art in the wrong location... if you can find where the program is automatically trying to retrieve the art from and make sure that is indeed where the disk is. Otherwise files can become corrupt or damaged in some cases. I don't use CDs often.

try opening up the disk seperatly to the program & looking for the picture you wont then copy and paset it in but you shald find it under the menu bar in insert/ picture

All kinds of repair manuals are available here.Have a look of this may be you will get something useful.
pontiac

The install is pretty straight forward. Just start with disc one or disc labeled install cd (or similar) The manual is just guidance and not needed unless you prefer to reference to it. If you do need it you can visit the support section of the Print Master website to download a new copy.


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Some programs do not install the full contents of the disk. Was there an option for full installation or part installation? Try running the program with the disc in your pc-the the art gallery clips may well be on the cd and not copied onto your pc even though the software program is.

When you put the Program install disk in follow the prompt but instead of selecting the "Typical" instalation select "Custom". This way the install will instruct you to select the two or one or none Art cd.s. I assume your copy of Printmast 17 Platinum has all 4 cd's?.If not then you will only have installed about clip 950 art etc. instead of 19,000 plus when you install the Art disk 1&2.
The only drawback is that the two art disc's add another 1gb to the hard drive usage.
I hope this helps.
Brian Wright

Simple fix. Go to the "Digatal Arts and Crafts"website http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=10&e=dacs-register. In "Software Updates" go to your version of the product and download and install the update.

Try to replace the CD drive