hons Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Hi,Does anyone know how to restrict users from using the CD-R function??? I only need to block the "Burn" but not "Read".I'm using a Win2003 Domain but didn't see anything in the GPO would help. All the workstations are XPs.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-I- Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 you could disable the windows native cdburning service - wasn't that IMAPI (or somthing ? ) how about looking at google.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 turning off the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Sevice will turn off the built-in ability of XP to burn CDs, but if the user has rights they will be able to install another cd burning program and still burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 so then disable the launching or nero.exe roxio stuff. or disable the "install programs" thingy..and i'm sure there is a setting under gpedit.msc (user policy)or a fantastic approach. u could install the cdrom driver to all workstations instead of the cd-rw driver disable imapi.sys ....or u can download firmware that disables the cd writing feature and apply the firmware to all computers ow for your info, some cd burning software were disabled in my school, so i used command prompt cd burning programs so u could disable that too but i dunno how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hons Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Anybody else can help ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Replace the manufacturers driver with a generic cdrom driver and you will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I think there's a feature to disable burning CD's in Group Policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 yeah you can disable it via group policyStart - Run - type gpedit.msc (not available in Windows XP Home Edition).Go to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Explorer. Look for "Remove CD Burning Features" and double click on it.Choose ENABLED and apply. Force the group policy to update on the clients pc (gpupdate /force) or reboot the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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