Imac constantly ejecting discs

Hello apple discussions
I’ve found a few posts on this issue but no definitive solutions
When logged on as my username, my CD/DVD drive ejects any media I try to load (blank CDs, music CDs, commercial CDs, CD drive cleaning disc, blank DVDs etc)
I’ve changed the preferences for loading media to ‘ignore’ but that has no effect
But when I create a new user, log on & load a CD/DVD, the drive accepts the media with no problems
Various people have suggested this is a problem with the preferences within my user details, but is there a way I can search, locate & resolve the issue?
I appreciate I have the option of starting from scratch & creating a new user… but just exploring if there are any other options available
Thanks in advance!

I thought this topic deserved a bump.
Yesterday I was at a friend's house and her room-mate downstairs has a pretty skookum new 24 inch iMac (I'm a Windows user but can appreciate that beautiful screen) and he bought it because he had never had a computer in his life and figured he might as well start with a Mac.
He used to have no problems watching DVDs but he purchased Snow Leopard and now every time he puts it in the drive the computer thinks about it for a few minutes and then ejects it. It never shows up on the desktop and no prompts come up asking what to do.
We tried multiple disks. We tried putting them in on both sides.
I did some updates and set the computer to restart but then I remembered I had a pizza in the oven at home and that my house might be on fire and I ran like ****.
I'll update you on whether the re-boot helped.
(If rebooting becomes S.O.P. on Mac OS then I will have to ask all Mac fan boys to settles down.)
Message was edited by: JimmyKerrigan

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Carlitosmex,
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