oh i see. well i went to samsung's website and they had a list of the
firmwares. i downloaded and installed the latest one and it didnt do
anything. so i tried emailing samsung but i still havent gotten a response
from them.

should i install all of the firmwares?

let me try to install the latest one again to make sure

thanks dude

"Cal Bear '66" wrote:
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> I had an old CD writer that would not work with Vista (it worked well with XP)
> and this registry fix also did not work.
>
> I downloaded and installed the latest firmware update from the drive
> manufacturer and the drive now works great with Vista.
>
> Have you gone to the drive manufacturer's site to see if they have a firmware
> update?
>
> If you do find an update, be sure to follow the installation instructions to the
> letter.
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "deadringer" <deadringer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70827D98-567B-45CD-B320-3903AB32FE16@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > thanks but it didnt work but at the bottom it said this:
> >
> > This procedure may not work in all cases. This is only a workaround in a
> > situation where the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is capable of functioning in
> > Windows XP and for some reason has been misidentified. If the drive is not on
> > the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), the drive may not work with the
> > built-in CD copying functionality, regardless of this registry setting.
> >
> > i dont think my drive is in the hardware compatibility list so is there
> > anything else i can do?
> >
> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Try this:
> >>
> >> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/EN-US[/url]
> >>
> >>
> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> >> GO BEARS!
> >>
> >>
> >> "deadringer" <deadringer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B78C0167-5146-42E8-A47E-163F6FEE346C@microsoft.com...
> >> > hi i was trying to burn a cd a while ago and then i realized that media
> >> > player11 wont recognize my cd burner, so i cant burn anything.
> >> >
> >> > i looked around and saw that if i right click on my cd drive and click on
> >> > properties, it should have a recording tab that can "enable burning" , but
> >> > i
> >> > dont have that.
> >> >
> >> > i am using a samsung sh-s182d cd/dvd writer and it wasnt listed as a
> >> > compatible device under the vista compatibility page.
> >> >
> >> > is there anything that can be done to make it compatible?
> >> >
> >> > specs:
> >> > vista home premium 64
> >> > nvidia 8800gtx
> >> > intel core2quad q6600
> >> > samsung sh-s182d
> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>
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