Annoying security "feature" in Windows 2008 R2 burns me, but not DVD's
- by Stan Spotts
This stuff drives me nuts. I'm all for hardening servers, and reducing security footprints, but I always want the option to allow me to get work done versus securing my system.
I use Windows Server 2008 R2 as my laptop OS for a number of reasons I don't need to review here. It's pimped out to work like Windows 7 for most things. But my DVD writer is crippled, and evidently it's on purpose:
http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/archive/2010/02/19/windows-server-2008-r2-no-recording-tab-for-cd-dvd-burner.aspx
I don't WANT to log in as the local administrator to burn a damned DVD. WTF isn't this configurable through the registry, or better yet, group policy?
There are no security settings that I should not have the option to enable or disable.