Question : Problem: Does Windows 2003 support CD writers?

When I plug an Iomega external USB CD writer into my 2003 server, it is detected, but only as a CD player -no recording available. I've tried this in two servers, same response. So I tried a different unit, a Samsung external DVD writer in and the same thing happened. I've also tried fitting an internal CD_RW unit to one of my servers, but again the system only thinks it is a CD unit. Does server 2003 inherently not support CD-RW or is a setting somewhere I need to enable? A search of the help and Microsoft's site gives no answers.
Iomega say none of their drives are compatible with 2003, and Samsung don't specify.

Answer : Problem: Does Windows 2003 support CD writers?

Get third party writing software like nero, or the free CDBurnerXPPro. Just if you buy a product like nero just make sure you don't install it's paketwriting software (InCD with Nero). Specialized software is a lot better and more flexible anyway than what is built in to windows XP...

http://cdburnerxp.se/