If you working in a company with confidentially information’s, and you use Windows XP OS, this is very useful tip. Use this tip to allow limited user’s access to CD Burning. This tip helps me in several occasions.

This tip does not apply to Nero users; it is only for XP’s built-in CD burning feature.

To allow Limited User’s to burn CD’s, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT. Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look in the right pane for AllocateDASD and double click the entry. Set the value to 2.

On PRO, this is exposed in Local Security Policy under Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

“Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media”

For XP Pro, you can do this by clicking Start, Run and entering SECPOL.MSC

Go to Local Policies, Security Options, look in the right pane for Devices: Allowed to Format and eject removable media. Set this option to Administrators and Interactive Users.

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