Windows 7 - LightScribe Problem

Hi All,
I just tried burning a Light-scribe DVD and realized It no longer sees my drive as a Light-scribe Drive! It worked fine the last time I used it, but I think that was when I was still running XP....Is there an Issue with windows 7 and Light-scribe drives? The drive seems to work fine in every other aspect...just no LS support!
My motherboard is a ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe and the LS Drive is a LG and is seen as HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55L ATA Device in the Device Manager...I tried uninstalling the drive and drivers and loading all the software that came with the drive. Just in case it makes a difference I am running Win 7 Pro 64 bit.

Thanks in advance for any help with this,
Mike

After installing Windows 7, did you re-install Lightscribe system software, required to enable LightScribe functionality? If not, you can do it here: LightScribe - Downloads - Windows.

Kari

Hi Kari and Thanks for the reply....The only thing I installed is the same stuff I installed when I first bought this drive for my XP system....which is the software that came with the drive! Does this meen I have to install additional drivers or something for Win 7? I will give the link you sent me a look, and TY again!
Mike

Try the link I gave to you, download and install LIGHTSCRIBE SYSTEM SOFTWARE (LSS). If you can print to Lightscribe after that, everything is OK. If not, we'll try something else.

Kari

Hi Kari, I downloaded and ran that setup and used the "Run as Admin" option and the install gets to a certain point and Errors out with the Following Error:


Error 1402.Could not open key:
UNKNowN\Components\DA42BC89BF25F5BD0AF18c3B9B
1A1EE8\7E57782224c65CF4E801A9E52375DB49. verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.

Any Ideas?

Nevermind...I found the answer to my Error problem here , and now your fix to my original problem worked like a charm....All is well and working now! Thank you very much!
Mike

Good to hear you fixed it.

Kari

Nice thread...I just had this same problem on my HP desktop with a light scribe drive...now it is working fine....Thanks for answers. O by the way..I went ahead and modified the "component" registry key as the Okino website suggested instead of just the "parent" key for this particular problem so I would not run into this problem again. Worked great.....again thanks for the good links.

The Lightscribe website is very informative, giving a lot of good tips. I'm using, if not daily but at least weekly, the Template Labeler which you can download free from that site.

Kari

Im glad the Okino link helped you out....I figured someone else might have the same issue