Error: the disc burner is in use by an application other than iTunes

Would really love to burn a disc...I have unistalled my Roxio and still get the message. Any ideas?

What order are you doing things in to burn this?
Try clicking "Burn Disc" before inserting a CD. iTunes should prompt you to insert a disk and it might just work. As opposed to putting in a disk first, then clicking burn.

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