CD Drive not detecting blank CDs

Issue :

Cannot burn a CD using in Windows XP,
Error: “There Is No Disk in the Drive. Please Insert a Disk into Drive”.
CD Drives not detecting blank CDs.

CAUSE:

This problem can occur if the “Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user
only” policy setting is being applied to an Windows XP.

Above policy prevents IMAPI from working due to IMAPI.EXE being a service running
under the SYSTEM account. Since this account is different than the locally logged
on user, IMAPI is unable to open the CD-R/RW drive to perform burning due to the
restrictive ACLs put on the drive during logon.

The specific policies to check in Active directory would be the “Default Domain
Policy” and any custom policy being applied to the Windows XP machines (if machine
exists in custom Policy/OU).

Resolution:

To resolve this issue, disable the security policy:

NOTE : You must restart your computer for the change to take effect.

1. Click Start , and click Run . In the Open box, type mmc , and then click OK .
2. On the Console File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in .
3. On the Standalone tab, click Add , and then click Group Policy in the Available
Standalone Snap-ins list.
4. You may receive a message that the Group Policy Object applies to the local
computer, click Finish , click Close , and then click OK .
5. In the MMC snap-in, view the following entry:
Console Root\Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security
Settings\Local Policies\Security Options
6. Double-click the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only policy,
click Disabled under Local Policy , and then click OK .
7. On the Console menu, click Exit , and then restart the computer.

Policy changes is effected on HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\allocatecdroms (0-disabled, 1 enabled)