Frequently Asked Questions

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InfraRecorder does not my disc devices, how do I solve this problem? This is most likely a permission issue. By default InfraRecorder uses an interface called SPTI to access disc devices. On Windows 2000, XP and 2003 systems administrator permissions are required in order to use SPTI.

If you want to allow limited user accounts to access disc devices using SPTI, please do the following when logged in as an administrator:

1. Navigate "Start" then "Run" in the Windows start-menu.
2. Type "secpol.msc" without the quotes and press the OK button.
3. Navigate "Local Policies" then "Security Options" in the tree.
4. Change "Devices: Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only" item from "Disabled" to "Enabled.".

Please note that some versions of Windows (Windows XP home for example) does not have "secpol.msc". If using such a system please do the following instead (while logged in as an administrator):

1. Navigate "Start" then "Run" in the Windows start-menu.
2. Type "regedit" without the quotes and press the OK button.
3. Navigate "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", "SOFTWARE", "Microsoft", "Windows NT", "CurrentVersion" and finally "Winlogon" in the tree
4. In the selected path, add a string value named "allocatecdroms" with the value "1" (without the quotes). If the string value already exist with the value "0", simply change it to "1".