If I put a CD in my drive with no applications running, the cursor
brings up the little CD icon, the light goes on, then nothing.  If I
then click on Autoplay, the dialoge box comes up. I select an option
and check off to do it everytime. The action, for example play in
WinAmp, occurs.

I then take out the CD, close WinAmp, right back to square one, look
at AutoPlay and nothing stuck.  However, if the application, say
WinAmp, is running then the disk plays.  Autoplay is enabled for the
drive, and in group policies.

If I launch Media Player and configure it to rip the CD upon
insertion, that works as well IF it is already open, but it won't
launch it first.

The end goal here is I want to put a CD in this system, have MP rip it
and play it, then eject it, even if MP isn't running already.  If the
content is already in my library, just play it.  This is a  server
(WinXP Pro) I use for media that is connected to my LCD TV and I don't
want to have to power up the TV to play a CD.

-Jim