HT203164 disc burner or software is not found?

why does my itunes say when i'm trying to burn a cd that disc burner or software is not found? This is making me very mad!
please help? i'm running itunes on a Dell. Thanks

I just updated to Itunes 11.02 and these are my system specs
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
LENOVO 3259AD9
iTunes 11.0.2.26
QuickTime not available
FairPlay 2.3.31
Apple Application Support 2.3.3
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.3.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
Apple Mobile Device 6.1.0.13
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.64.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
iTunes Serial Number 003CB6C00D76CDB8
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2013-04-01 19:25:09.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
Intel Corporation, Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 11.0.2.26 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 11.0.2.26 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
Could I safely uninstall and then attempt to reinstall an older version of itunes?
Message was edited by: edalder2000
I found this following message "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)"

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