If you’re a Windows Vista user, you may be interested in disabling the built-in CD/DVD burning features. This will help you save time and energy when burning discs. To disable the built-in CD/DVD burning features, open the Control Panel and click on the “System” tab. Then, click on the “Hardware” tab. Under “Device Manager,” locate and uninstall any of the following devices: -Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (version 9.18.10586) -Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (version 9.20.10586) -Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (version 9.22.10586) -Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (version 9.24.10586) If you don’t have any of these devices installed, then you can install them by clicking on the “Install” button and then clicking on “Update driver.” After updating drivers, restart your computer and try to burn discs again using the built-in CD/DVD burning features.
There’s a simple registry tweak that can disable the built-in burning features in Explorer, most notably the Burn button on the toolbar that you never ever use.
Notice the button is gone after applying the registry hack:
Manual Registry Hack
Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box and navigate to the following key:
On the right-hand pane create a new 32-bit DWORD value with these properties:
Name: NoCDBurning Value: 1
You’ll have to logout and back in to see the changes. To remove, just delete the key or change the value to 0.
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Extract the file and double-click on DisableCDBurning.reg to enter the information into the registry. The EnableCDBurning.reg file will re-enable the burning features.
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