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Enabling The CD

To enable CD burning on Windows Server 2003, one must open the Services administrative tool, change the startup type of the "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" to Manual, start the service, and then install a CD burning program. The service will not start at boot by default but will activate when needed to burn a CD and then stop once finished.

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Enabling The CD

To enable CD burning on Windows Server 2003, one must open the Services administrative tool, change the startup type of the "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" to Manual, start the service, and then install a CD burning program. The service will not start at boot by default but will activate when needed to burn a CD and then stop once finished.

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Enabling the CD-Burning Service on Windows Server 2003

Preface:
In theory you should use a workstation to write CDs, but in the few situations you may
find yourself with the need to burn CDs from within Windows Server 2003.

Method:
Click Start, Administrative Tools, then Services

Scroll down to the "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service", right click it and click Properties

Set the Startup type to Manual, !Click Apply!, Then click Start.

Press OK and we've enabled the CD burning service, install a CD burning program, and
you should be able to write CDs. When you reboot, the service won't be started at boot,
but when you try to burn a CD it will start (and when you are finished with the CD the
service will stop again

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