I found an old post in another forum. Apparently alot of people were having this same problem. Here's an answer that was given. Replys to this were all successful. Going into the registry sounds like another evil place
Do you have any thoughts on this solution?
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To fix this problem, I performed the following:
Start Registry Editor (Start, Run and type in regedit then click)
Find "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" (and "UpperFilters.bak" "LowerFilters.bak", if they exist) value under the following key in the registry, and delete it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Quit Registry Editor.
Reboot.
NOTE: You might need to reinstall any CD recording apps you have, if they start to not work completely, after doing this.