New mac user, CD not showing up when I put one in, shows up in XP (fusion)

Hey guys,
I just bought iWorks, and went to install it. The CD however does not show up on my desktop.
When I change desktops to my windows xp, i can see the cd, explore, eject, etc. however nothing in os x.
Is there a setting or something that got messed up? I have used cds in here before with no problem.
Thanks!

It's a DVD not a CD - System Preferences/CDs & DVDs panel sets how this is handled on insertion, try setting it to "Open Finder"

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