How To Disable Windows Vista built in CD Burning
- Monday, October 20, 2008, 22:53
- Operating System, Tips and Guides, Tweak and Modification, Windows Vista
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Windows Vista came with a built in CD Burning features, but since there are a lot of better freeware CD Burning applications for Windows Vista, you might want to disable Vista built in CD Burning.
This will require you to get your hand dirty with Windows Vista Registry Editor. Be advised that editing, tweaking or playing with the registry can lead your system to serious trouble. Make sure to backup your registry before following the steps below to disable Windows Vista built in CD Burning.
To disable Windows Vista built in CD Burning:
- Go to start menu > run
- Type “regedit” without the quote
- At the registry editor, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer - Right click on the left pane, and create a new DWORD (32bit) key
- Type NoCDBurning without the quote.
- Double click on NoCDBurning and enter the value as “1″.
- Close Registry Editor
- Log off and then log in again for the changes to take effect.
This steps will Disable Windows Vista Built In CD Burning. To re-enable Vista Built In CD Burning, just change the Dword value to “0″.
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