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  1. It didn't work. Ok, well, at least now I know what's going on. Just another Windows Annoyance . When I was running FreeBSD, logging on as admin was not recommended; instead you were supposed to log on as a user, then use the 'su' utility to temporarily log on to the admin account only when you absolutely needed to perform an admin task. Later, when Linux became the popular Un*x substitute, 'sudo' was the way to go. So I guess if I want to use ImgBurn as admin, I have to actually "log off" as user when I log on as admin, rather that clicking on "switch user." So long as I know. From your reaction, I gather this is not exactly a widespread issue, which I guess says something trivial about the habits of Windows users. Thanks ever so much for your help. I probably would never have stumbled on this, even though when I goggled "AllocateCDRoms" I saw several articles with the same words in their headlines as I searched for before. If I wasn't addicted to some games that only run on Windoze I'd switch OS's.
  2. OK, so I've done some searching and found some people claiming "best security practice" is to restrict access to the CD/DVD drive to "the person who is currently logged on at the console." I usually log on to an ordinary user account for web browsing and general game playing, and only switch user account to an admin account if I have tasks that require admin privileges (like installing programs). Actually, I thought that I WAS logging on to the console as a different user, but apparently Microsoft says "first come first served." Since I'm the only person with access to my computer and I'm not connected to a network, I don't quite grasp the value of this, but hey, that's why we love Microsoft so much, right? Furthermore, Microsoft has allowed me only two choices, I can either use the CD/DVD drive as administrator, or as user, but not both. Now I recalled that back in the day Nero furnished a little utility with Nero 5 and 6 called Nero BurnRights that allowed the administrator to grant access to the CD/DVD drive to anyone he wanted to. It worked when I was administering a network at a private school -- in fact the students could access the CD burner over the network. Unfortunately I don't have a legal copy of Nero. The copy I have is an OEM installation disk that came with some computers we bought about ten years ago (or more). But Nero still kindly makes available their nice little utility for free to anybody who wants to download it. Before I install this little gem, I'd like to ask your opinion -- is accessing the CD/DVD burner from all accounts really such a terrible idea?
  3. Sorry for the long delay. I had to go to Bangkok for a couple of days, and things got messed up by the political protests. I'm getting caught up now. No, I'm not running it remote. I've only ever done that when I was running a FreeBSD server at a school where I worked years ago. The AllocateCDRoms value is 1.
  4. Well, here's a puzzler. When I try to run ImgBurn as a user, it works. I get this log: I 14:48:15 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started! I 14:48:15 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 14:48:15 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,044 KB - Available: 207,416 KB W 14:48:15 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 14:48:15 Initialising SPTI... I 14:48:15 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:48:15 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI DVD A DH16A1S HA11 (E:) (ATA) I 14:48:15 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! But when I log on as administrator and try to run it, I get: I 14:51:26 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started! I 14:51:26 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 14:51:26 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,044 KB - Available: 20,980 KB W 14:51:26 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 14:51:26 Initialising SPTI... I 14:51:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... E 14:51:28 CreateFile Failed! - Device: '\\?\ide#cdromatapi_dvd_a__dh16a1s____________________ha11____#5&624424e&0&0.0.0#{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}' E 14:51:28 Reason: Access is denied. W 14:51:28 Errors were encountered when trying to access a drive. W 14:51:28 This drive will not be visible in the program. E 14:51:28 You need Administrative privileges to use SPTI. So the ordinary user doesn't need administrative privileges to run SPTI, but the administrator account does. Go figure. In my autoruns program, the drivers listed include: Aspi32 ASPI for WIN32 Kernel Driver Adaptec c:\windows\system32\drivers\aspi32.sys ElbyCDFL ElbyCDIO Filter Driver SlySoft, Inc. c:\windows\system32\drivers\elbycdfl.sys ElbyCDIO ElbyCD Windows NT/2000/XP I/O driver Elaborate Bytes AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\elbycdio.sys
  5. Well, there's CloneCD. After it was installed I noticed it was starting up at boot time, so I used Autoruns to stop it. I don't think I'm ever going to use it again, and should have already uninstalled it. There's a nifty program called VCDEasy, which creates the file structure needed for a VCD that I can play in the CD player attached to my TV set. This program was actually the reason I installed the Adaptec ASPI drivers; it was not able to write to CD without them, but now detects the CD/DVD writer. I was using it to prepare the files and then used ImgBurn to write them to the CD. Now, since installing the Adaptec ASPI drivers it sees the DVD/CD writer. Not a CD burning tool, I also have VCdControl, which is really why I detected this problem. VcDControl mounts CD images so you can run them without burning them. Unfortunately, it only works with .iso images. I had downloaded an image in .cue/.bin format and wanted to use ImgBurn to create an .iso file. As far as I can tell none of these programs is running in the background, but I have noticed an instance of wmiprvse.exe running. A little research tells me this sometimes is an indication of a worm. So far I've run my regular AVG anti-virus and also the Symantec check over the web, but neither one found anything. I can't find the file wmiprvse.exe on my hard drive, and I can't find any program that should be using it, but it might be some Microsoft thing.
  6. Whoops! Sorry for the double posting. The connection timed out and I had to try again, which re-sent the message. Anyway, you asked: "Does it work in safe mode?" I think this is bad news, but yes, it does. I guess my next step is checking for malware.
  7. The driver info from the tools menu is: =============================================== Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.5.1.0 =============================================== Upper Device Filter: redbook Upper Class Filter: [None Found] Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device Lower Class Filter: ElbyCDFL Lower Device Filter: imapi Filter Name: redbook File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108) File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver Product Name: Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512 Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Copyright: ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Filter Name: ElbyCDFL File Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\ElbyCDFL.sys File Version: 5, 2, 1, 3 [5.2.1.3] File Description: ElbyCDIO Filter Driver Product Name: CloneCD Product Version: 5, 2, 1, 3 [5.2.1.3] Company Name: SlySoft, Inc. Copyright: Copyright © 2003 - 2006 SlySoft, Inc. Filter Name: imapi File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108) File Description: IMAPI Kernel Driver Product Name: Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512 Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Copyright: ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. That second filter was a surprise. I'd forgotten I installed CloneCD several months ago to burn a .cds file (I think I discovered later that ImgBurn would have handled it). I thought I had uninstalled it, but the folder is still sitting in my Program Files.
  8. The driver info from the tools menu is: =============================================== Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.5.1.0 =============================================== Upper Device Filter: redbook Upper Class Filter: [None Found] Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device Lower Class Filter: ElbyCDFL Lower Device Filter: imapi Filter Name: redbook File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108) File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver Product Name: Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512 Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Copyright: ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Filter Name: ElbyCDFL File Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\ElbyCDFL.sys File Version: 5, 2, 1, 3 [5.2.1.3] File Description: ElbyCDIO Filter Driver Product Name: CloneCD Product Version: 5, 2, 1, 3 [5.2.1.3] Company Name: SlySoft, Inc. Copyright: Copyright © 2003 - 2006 SlySoft, Inc. Filter Name: imapi File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108) File Description: IMAPI Kernel Driver Product Name: Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512 Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Copyright: ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. That second filter was a surprise. I'd forgotten I installed CloneCD several months ago to burn a .cds file (I think I discovered later that ImgBurn would have handled it). I thought I had uninstalled it, but the folder is still sitting in my Program Files.
  9. I'm running WinXP Pro SP3, ImgBurn 2.5.1.0, and got this error while logged on as administrator: I 16:29:55 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started! I 16:29:55 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 16:29:55 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,044 KB - Available: 179,380 KB W 16:29:55 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 16:29:55 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 16:29:55 Initialising SPTI... I 16:29:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... E 16:29:57 CreateFile Failed! - Device: '\\?\ide#cdromatapi_dvd_a__dh16a1s____________________ha11____#5&624424e&0&0.0.0#{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}' E 16:29:57 Reason: Access is denied. W 16:29:57 Errors were encountered when trying to access a drive. W 16:29:57 This drive will not be visible in the program. E 16:29:57 You need Administrative privileges to use SPTI. I'm not sure what that second line W, "Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance." Last week I installed what was supposed to be Adaptec's aspi driver to satisfy another program (VCDEasy), but I am pretty sure I used ImgBurn afterward to burn a couple of CD's. When I got this error the first time, I shut down the machine and did a cold boot, but then got the same error. I HAVE Administrative privileges. What do I do now?
  10. Yesterday I posted a question about using imgburn to burn video CDs that I can play in my DVD player attached to my TV set. Actually, I don't want to do this much -- I have a few videos of exercise routines I downloaded from the Pentagon Channel and I want to play them on my TV because there isn't enough room to move around in the room where I have my computer. Anyway, using Google (after I posted my query)I finally found posts on the imgburn forums explaining that you can't do this and the author isn't going to add this capability (why couldn't the imgburn forums search function find them?). Well, I don't blame him; VCD is not of interest to very many people any more, it's obsolete. But there is a work-around. There is a program called VCDEasy which "authors" the disk image you need; then you can use imgburn to copy the image to a CD and voila!! You have a CD you can stick in your DVD player and watch! Just point imgburn to the .cue file in the output directory. One caveat: VCDEasy is now a commercial program (the price isn't all that much, but I'm retired from the Army and don't HAVE very much) but you can get version 1.1.5.2 at A+ Freeware Version 3 is available as a trial version. There are probably other programs out there that do the same thing, but this is the one I found first.
  11. OK, none of the guides address my problem, there's nothing in the FAQ, and, to my surprise, the search function didn't return anything useful. I don't have an imgburn log file to submit because I haven't been able to get that far. I want to create a video CD that I can stick in my DVD player and watch on my TV set. A video CD holds about 700 MB and they are nice because they are much cheaper than DVDs. Back when I was able to use Nero, all I had to do was drag the video files I wanted to the appropriate area and Nero "encoded" the files, then told me how much space on the CD they would require. If the files needed too much space I could remove one or more and try again. Nero then wrote the appropriate folders to the CD with the needed files in each folder. On a standard video CD the files are in folders named CDI, EXT, MPEGAV, SEGMENT, and VCD. Merely burning .mpg, .avi, or .m4v files to the CD doesn't work. How do I use imgburn to do this?
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