Disable Cd Writer Vista
Tip and Trick Editorial. And removed after disable CD/DVD burning feature in Vista. May Not Be Recognized When Inserted to CD Writer in Vista.
- It is a very useful tool but does not offer as many features as some commercial software like Nero CD/DVD Burner. Vista » Disable Burn to CD/DVD in Windows Vista.
- Jan 02, 2018 How to Enable or Disable the Vista Built-in CD and DVD Burning Features This will allow you to enable or disable the Vista Explorer built-in CD.
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How To Enable Or Disable CD Burning Feature In Windows 10:- Let’s say you are the IT admin of a school and you don’t want the kids to bring in CDs or DVDs to copy the game setups from school’s computer systems. You definitely would be pleased if you could just disable the CD/DVD burning feature in Windows, wouldn’t you be? There definitely is a quick solution for this little issue.
Since the trick involves changing the registry entries, it is highly recommended that you create a system restore point before going ahead with the following steps. You can refer to our article on the topic How To.
So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started, shall we?
Note: If any third party CD burning software are installed in the system, then this trick might not work for them. Solution 1 – By Making Changes To Registry Editor STEP 1.
Press Win+R keys together to open the Run dialog box. When it does, type in regedit and hit enter key. STEP 2. When the Registry Editor window opens up, navigate to the following path.
Do make sure the path you have navigated to is correct. HKEYCURRENTUSER-Software-Microsoft- Windows-CurrentVersion-Policies-Explorer.
Highlight the Explorer key as shown in the screenshot by clicking on it. Now in the right window pane, look for a value by the name NoCDBurning. If you can’t find one by that name, right click on an empty space in the right window pane, click on New and then on DWORD (32-bit) Value. STEP 3. Name the newly created DWORD value as NoCDBurning. STEP 4.
Double click on the NoCDBurning DWORD value to modify its value data. To disable the CD burning feature, make this value 1 and hit OK button. Restart the system for the changes to take over. If you want to enable the CD burning feature, simply delete the NoCDBurning value entry. Solution 2 – By Making Changes In Group Policy Editor STEP 1. Open the Run dialog box by hitting the WIN+R keys together.
When it opens up, type in gpedit.msc and hit enter key. STEP 2.
You need to navigate to the following path next: User Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows Explorer. STEP 3. Under Windows Components, there is Windows Explorer. In the right window pane corresponding to Windows Explorer, highlight the option entry by the name Remove CD burning features by clicking on it. Now click on Edit Ploicy Settings link as shown in the following screenshot. STEP 4.
To disable the CD burning feature in Windows, click on the radio button corresponding to the option Enabled as shown in the screenshot. Hit on Apply and Ok buttons. Restart the system for the changes to take over. Hope you found the article useful. If you are stuck with any of the steps, please feel free to leave comments.
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To Enable or Disable Burn to CD/DVD using a REG File 1. To Enable CD and DVD Burning Features for All Users NOTE: This is the default setting. A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below. EnableCDDVDBurningFeatures.reg 2. To Disable CD and DVD Burning Features for All Users A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below. DisableCDDVDBurningFeatures.reg 3. Save the.reg file to your desktop.
Double click/tap on the downloaded.reg file to merge it. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK when prompted. When done, you can delete the downloaded.reg file if you like. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply. To Enable or Disable Burn to CD/DVD in Group Policy 1. Open the, or Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.
In the left pane, click on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and Windows Explorer (Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8). (See screenshot below) 3.
In the right pane, double click/tap on Remove CD Burning features to edit it. (See screenshot above) 4. To Enable CD and DVD Burning Features A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, and go to step 6 below. (See screenshot below step 6) NOTE: Not Configured is the default setting. To Disable CD and DVD Burning Features A) Select (dot) Enabled, and go to step 6 below. (See screenshot below step 6) 6. Click/tap on OK.
(See screenshot below) 7. Close the Local Group Policy Editor window. That's it, Shawn.
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