after installing win 7 on my vista laptop my cd/dvd burner became a cd rom only. How can I get back my burner? I had this happen on my old computer and was instructed to remove a value in my registry and restat. This corrected the problem. I don't remember what it was.

Try this fixit: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us André"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

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