Nero BurnRights
Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP there must be a way to handle the security aspects of CD/DVD recording. CD/DVD pre-mastering software like Nero must be able to send SCSI/IDE commands to CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives or CD/DVD recorders. However, from the operating system's point of view, being able to send SCSI/IDE commands to devices is a huge security problem, because software could use the SCSI/IDE commands to format the hard disk, read other user's data or create other severe problems. That is why Microsoft decided to allow low level driver access only for programs running with administrator rights.
Now, let's assume the situation of a Windows 2000 or Windows XP PC in a network environment and with many different users. Security considerations make it absolutely impossible to grant administrator rights to all users. So firstly, there must be a way to allow CD/DVD recording for non-administrators and being able to decide which users may record CD's/DVD's and which users may not.
The way to solve this situation is to install Nero BurnRights. After Nero BurnRights has been installed, the system administrator can assign a specific group the rights to record CD's/DVD's on the system. If an administrator wants to allow or disallow CD/DVD recording rights for certain users, it is enough to make the user a member of this group or to remove the user from the group. If everybody should have the right to record CD's/DVD's, the recording rights can be assigned to everybody.
