Reinstall Burner Software

[Guest]

The CD Burner program that is part of Windows Media Player in XP was
accidentally deleted on my son's PC. How do I reinstall this program?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

CD Drive enable XP's recording wizard

Open My Computer, right click the CD Drive icon and then click Properties.
Click the Recording tab.
Check: Enable CD recording on this drive
Click: Apply
Click: OK

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[Guest]

Thanks but I've been there, done that. The "CD Burning 4" program was
deleted, as in GONE, and I need to install it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

CD Burning 4 is NOT part of Windows XP.

Fact is, I have no idea what CD Burning 4 is.

Google turns up nothing.

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[Wesley Vogel]

Automated edit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

23. Right hand side
Allow or Disable CD Burn Options
Click on Allow

cdburnallow.reg is the file that you want.

Remove CD Burning features is a Group Policy.

Windows Explorer allows you to create and modify re-writable CDs if you have
a CD writer connected to your PC. If you enable this setting, all features
in the Windows Explorer that allow you to use your CD writer are removed. If
you disable or do not configure this setting, users are able to use the
Windows Explorer CD burning features. Note: This setting does not prevent
users from using third-party applications to create or modify CDs using a CD
writer.

Computer USER\Administrative Templates\
Windows Components\Windows Explorer
Remove CD Burning features

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer
and/or
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network

Value Name: NoCDBurning
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Allow CD burning
1 = Do NOT allow CD burning

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[Guest]

Wes,

I've looked at 4 PCs running XP and, when I go to Add/Delete Programs, CD
Burning 4 is listed on every one so I assumed it was part of XP. I can't
find it out there on the web either so don't know where it originated. Guess
I'll have to go third party for burning software. Thanks anyway.

Mike

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Mike,

Are all of those machines the same brand? I.e. Dell, etc.? That might be a
clue.

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[Guest]

Thanks. I'll see if that works. (Although we are leaving on a trip tomorrow
so it may be next week before I can try it.)

Regarding your question of PC brands, they are:
6-month-old HP that came with XP
1-year-old eMachines that came with XP
5-year-old HP that was upgraded to XP
6-year-old eMachines that was upgraded to XP (this is the one with the
"issue")
The diversity of ages and brands is why I assumed the program is part of XP.

 

[John]

The CD Burner program that is part of Windows Media Player in XP was
accidentally deleted on my son's PC. How do I reinstall this program?

If you can't resolve the problem a free CD burner program is offered
here that has worked well for me ...

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

John

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Have fun on your trip anyway, Mike. ;-)

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[Guest]

John,

Thanks for the site. We were out of town and didn't get a chance to try it
till last night.

I now realize that my CD burner is being recognized by Windows as a CD-ROM.
I deleted the drive and let Windows find it again but it is not showing as a
CD-R/W. So I guess the problem is deeper.

The software that came with the burner (which was purchased a few years ago)
is Nero 5.5 which will not install on XP (it keeps hanging up mid-way through
the install) so I'm not sure of the next steps.