Windows 2000 not recognizing cd burner properly

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I have a HP PII 350 machine (running Windows 2000 Pro) in
which I just installed a Mitsumi cd burner CR-476ETE.
When I tried to create a mixed cd under Windows Media
Player 9, the cd burner does not appear as a valid
drive. When I checked under the device manager, the
recording tab is missing so the drive is not being
recognized by 2000 properly. I have been able to burn
cd's using Nero, so I know the burner works. I contacted
Mitsumi (thinking it needed a special driver) and they
said no, it uses the standard one installed with Windows
and that the problem is a Windows issue. Any ideas what
I need to do to get Win 2000 to recognize this burner?
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Sherry said:
I have a HP PII 350 machine (running Windows 2000 Pro) in
which I just installed a Mitsumi cd burner CR-476ETE.
When I tried to create a mixed cd under Windows Media
Player 9, the cd burner does not appear as a valid
drive. When I checked under the device manager, the
recording tab is missing so the drive is not being
recognized by 2000 properly. I have been able to burn
cd's using Nero, so I know the burner works. I contacted
Mitsumi (thinking it needed a special driver) and they
said no, it uses the standard one installed with Windows
and that the problem is a Windows issue. Any ideas what
I need to do to get Win 2000 to recognize this burner?
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Early in the boot sequence you will see a table of
disk drives on the screen. You can pause this display
by pressing the Pause button. Can you see your
CD burner in this table?
 
I was not aware that Windows Media Player 9 was burning software!
Windows 2000 does not provide the capability to burn CD's. You must
provide your own burning software and since you say Nero works then
Windows 2000 is working as designed. You may be thinking of Windows XP.
 
Are you logged on as administrator or as a user. If you
are logged on as a user ...you may not have permissions
to use the burning option of the drive and it will only
image the file to your hard drive. You must log on as
administrator and give your 'user' logon to access the
burning option.
Good luck!
 
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