Disable CD Burning (Windows XP)

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Disable CD Burning (Windows XP)
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This restriction is used to disable the use of the inbuilt CD recording functions of Windows.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoCDBurning' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoCDBurning	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Name: NoCDBurning
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = Allow CDR, 1 = Disable CDR)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: December 21, 2001

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