XP Pro and Vista: Prevent CD burning
Contributed by William_Wilson 
Tagged: Windows This quick policy will stop software theft by disabling cd burning options.
This tutorial will work in XP Pro or Vista.
open the group policy editor
Start\Run type gpedit.msc
now move through the left pane to:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\
now to the right find the key: Remove CD Burning Features
double click and select enable
This will stop users from being able to burn cds, and thus discouraging downloading on a network.
Questions/Comments: william_a_wilson@hotmail.com
-William. ยง (marvin_gohan)
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astral_cyborg said on November 26, 2008
nice, it worked! thank you.
Giri said on July 2, 2009
cant fing the key you mentioned there on vista ultimate
Anonymous said on January 6, 2010
I have a DellStudio 15 with a DVD RW burner. I’m trying to burn pictures I took from my camera and downloaded to my Dell. I am trying to burn them on a CD-R but keep getting the message to insert a writable disk, even though I know I am inserting a blank CD-R. Help!
Buy Blank CD said on January 19, 2011
Thanks for sharing this useful code. Any tips for windows 7 when it comes to cd burning?
Peccata Minuta said on February 9, 2011
It doesn’t avoid to burn it via another software rather than Explorer