Using a laptop with a built in CDRW. Unable to burn any disc. (No recording tab
despite following all the instructions at MSKB)

Attached a USB DVDRW and it detects my empty CD as 550Mb and unable to burn an
iso. (no recording tab too)

Are there any fixes or do I have to resort to a new installation?

In news:uFVlXvNEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Using a laptop with a built in CDRW. Unable to burn any disc. (No
> recording tab despite following all the instructions at MSKB)
>
> Attached a USB DVDRW and it detects my empty CD as 550Mb and unable
> to burn an iso. (no recording tab too)
>
> Are there any fixes or do I have to resort to a new installation?

Hmm... Start > run > "services.msc" without the quotes > enter > is IMAPI
CD-Burning COM service set to manual? Do you have a third party burning
application installed that's taken over? Have you tried killing upperfilters
and lowerfilters (oddly seems to fix all sorts of crazy errors) and removing
the devices from the device manager and rebooting and letting XP install
them fresh? I don't know what KB articles you've read so I don't know what
you've tried already.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

IMAPI CD-Burning COM service set to manual

have tried changing the registry from 1 to 2

have removed the device and reboot and allow OS detect

have checked upperfilters and lowerfilters

Have you tried killing upperfilters
> and lowerfilters (oddly seems to fix all sorts of crazy errors)
How do I try killing the above?

Thanks



While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
news:uAZeqPQEGHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl


> In news:uFVlXvNEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Using a laptop with a built in CDRW. Unable to burn any disc. (No
>> recording tab despite following all the instructions at MSKB)
>>
>> Attached a USB DVDRW and it detects my empty CD as 550Mb and unable
>> to burn an iso. (no recording tab too)
>>
>> Are there any fixes or do I have to resort to a new installation?
>
> Hmm... Start > run > "services.msc" without the quotes > enter > is IMAPI
> CD-Burning COM service set to manual? Do you have a third party burning
> application installed that's taken over? Have you tried killing upperfilters
> and lowerfilters (oddly seems to fix all sorts of crazy errors) and removing
> the devices from the device manager and rebooting and letting XP install them
> fresh? I don't know what KB articles you've read so I don't know what you've
> tried already.

In news:uAZeqPQEGHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Galen <galennews@gmail.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> In news:uFVlXvNEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Using a laptop with a built in CDRW. Unable to burn any disc. (No
>> recording tab despite following all the instructions at MSKB)
>>
>> Attached a USB DVDRW and it detects my empty CD as 550Mb and unable
>> to burn an iso. (no recording tab too)
>>
>> Are there any fixes or do I have to resort to a new installation?
>
> Hmm... Start > run > "services.msc" without the quotes > enter > is
> IMAPI CD-Burning COM service set to manual? Do you have a third party
> burning application installed that's taken over? Have you tried
> killing upperfilters and lowerfilters (oddly seems to fix all sorts
> of crazy errors) and removing the devices from the device manager and
> rebooting and letting XP install them fresh? I don't know what KB
> articles you've read so I don't know what you've tried already.


Missing CD/DVD Drives:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html

There's an automated tool and the manual method listed there.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

my registry does not has the upper and lower filters

quote
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
@="DVD/CD-ROM drives"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\DigitalAudio]
"RegistryVersion"=dword:00000001
"NumberOfBuffers"=dword:00000008
"SectorsPerRead"=dword:00000010
"SectorsPerReadMask"=dword:ffffffff
"CDDASupported"=dword:00000001
"CDDAAccurate"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0003]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0004]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0006]
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvide r"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01
"DriverDate"="7-1-2001"
"DriverVersion"="5.1.2535.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0006\DigitalAudio]
"RegistryVersion"=dword:00000001
"NumberOfBuffers"=dword:00000008
"SectorsPerRead"=dword:00000010
"SectorsPerReadMask"=dword:ffffffff
"CDDASupported"=dword:00000001
"CDDAAccurate"=dword:00000001
unquote
"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e3RtCdTEGHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In news:uAZeqPQEGHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Galen <galennews@gmail.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> In news:uFVlXvNEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> Using a laptop with a built in CDRW. Unable to burn any disc. (No
>>> recording tab despite following all the instructions at MSKB)
>>>
>>> Attached a USB DVDRW and it detects my empty CD as 550Mb and unable
>>> to burn an iso. (no recording tab too)
>>>
>>> Are there any fixes or do I have to resort to a new installation?
>>
>> Hmm... Start > run > "services.msc" without the quotes > enter > is
>> IMAPI CD-Burning COM service set to manual? Do you have a third party
>> burning application installed that's taken over? Have you tried
>> killing upperfilters and lowerfilters (oddly seems to fix all sorts
>> of crazy errors) and removing the devices from the device manager and
>> rebooting and letting XP install them fresh? I don't know what KB
>> articles you've read so I don't know what you've tried already.
>
>
> Missing CD/DVD Drives:
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
>
> There's an automated tool and the manual method listed there.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
> http://kgiii.info/
>
> "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
> which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
> there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
> Sherlock Holmes
>

In news:u8g%23FzTEGHA.216@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> my registry does not has the upper and lower filters
<snip to save space>

If it has no upperfilters and lowerfilters entries then, well, I have NO
idea what to tell you other than to suggest a repair installation of XP.
I've seen some odd things but I can't think of ever having seen those
missing.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Thanks for the help and assistance

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
news:e$dOZsVEGHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl


> In news:u8g%23FzTEGHA.216@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> my registry does not has the upper and lower filters
> <snip to save space>
>
> If it has no upperfilters and lowerfilters entries then, well, I have NO idea
> what to tell you other than to suggest a repair installation of XP. I've seen
> some odd things but I can't think of ever having seen those missing.

I got the device to show as CDRW, but there is no recording tab
any idea how I can get the recording tab?

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
news:e$dOZsVEGHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl


> In news:u8g%23FzTEGHA.216@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> my registry does not has the upper and lower filters
> <snip to save space>
>
> If it has no upperfilters and lowerfilters entries then, well, I have NO idea
> what to tell you other than to suggest a repair installation of XP. I've seen
> some odd things but I can't think of ever having seen those missing.

In news:eWqIIrWEGHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I got the device to show as CDRW, but there is no recording tab
> any idea how I can get the recording tab?
>
> While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
> news:e$dOZsVEGHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
>
>
>> In news:u8g%23FzTEGHA.216@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> my registry does not has the upper and lower filters
>> <snip to save space>
>>
>> If it has no upperfilters and lowerfilters entries then, well, I
>> have NO idea what to tell you other than to suggest a repair
>> installation of XP. I've seen some odd things but I can't think of
>> ever having seen those missing.

Well, we can try. <g>

Starting here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;324129

From a link on that page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/

Try changing the value to "2" and see if that does the trick?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

window explorer showing the device as DVD/CD-RW but I cannot burn any cds

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
news:ewjLQcZEGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl


> In news:eWqIIrWEGHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I got the device to show as CDRW, but there is no recording tab
>> any idea how I can get the recording tab?
>>
>> While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Galen wrote in
>> news:e$dOZsVEGHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
>>
>>
>>> In news:u8g%23FzTEGHA.216@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>>> D@annyBoy <origin @ld @nnyboy @ gm@il.com> had this to say:
>>>
>>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>>
>>>> my registry does not has the upper and lower filters
>>> <snip to save space>
>>>
>>> If it has no upperfilters and lowerfilters entries then, well, I
>>> have NO idea what to tell you other than to suggest a repair
>>> installation of XP. I've seen some odd things but I can't think of
>>> ever having seen those missing.
>
> Well, we can try. <g>
>
> Starting here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;324129
>
> From a link on that page:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/
>
> Try changing the value to "2" and see if that does the trick?