Disable CD Ripping WMP

[atfnet]

Hi All,

Is there a way to disable cd riping using Windows Media Player 11 using GPO or a registory key ?

Thanks

Andy

[Geoff]

Assuming your on a machine with WMP11 install, add the 'Wmplayer.adm' as a Admin template. You should see additional options to lock/disable settings in WMP.

[atfnet]

Hi Geoff,

I have the adm installed but there is no option to disable cd ripping.

Thanks

Andy

[mrforgetful]

I'm pretty sure it's not possible.

[tscnmuk]

If you want to disable CD Burning all together, disable the ImapiService in services.msc

This will stop all burning to disk for a particular machine.

Tom

[atfnet]

Thanks tscnmuk,

Will this disable cd ripping ?

[mac_shinobi]

http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#CDRip

Option 1 :

Q: How do I stop WMP from automatically ripping my audio CDs?
A: If you have already unchecked "Rip CD when inserted" on WMP's Tools:Options:Rip Music and it's still ripping, then go to Windows Explorer. Right-click on the CD/DVD drive in question. Select Properties. Select the AutoPlay tab. On that tab, pick the Music CD dropdown item, and change the "Action to Perform" to anything other than "Rip CD". (Thanks to Neil for this.)

Option 2 ( Put a fake dir / path in the reg ) :

Q: Why do I get the error "The system cannot find the path specified." (0x80070003) or "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." when trying to record (rip) from an Audio CD?
A: The registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\P references
value "CDRecordpath" got corrupted. Go to WMP's Tools:Options:CD Audio menu option, and fix the path, and make sure you click Apply when done. Note that the path may look correct, but you should ensure you click Apply anyways ( uncheck and recheck a checkbox on this page to get Apply to enable itself).

Just some thoughts, I thought that the IMAPI service was with regards to windows xp's own cd burning and that is how windows xp gives you a skimpy version of cd burning.