ITunes 9 Registry Settings Error

Ever since upgrading to iTunes 9 I've been getting this error...
"The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CD's are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times, with no luck.
I have downloaded and installed updated drivers from GEAR, but that didn't help.
I have followed the instructions on this Apple article to troubleshoot...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2372?viewlocale=en_US
When I get to Step 12, I run into a problem because there is no UpperFilters entry. Could this be causing my problems with the iTunes 9 upgrade?
How do I fix this? Looking for any help I can get. Thank you in advance!

the same thing happened to my itunes, i couldnt figure out how to fix it.
my solution was to just rip cds to windows media player, and convert to itunes

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When I start iTunes, I get an error saying "The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
After searching on Google, it seems that this is a pretty common problem. However, none of the solutions that seem to work for others have been working for me. I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, I downloaded the GEAR driver updates from gearsoftware.com, and I made the suggested modifications to my registry (GEARAspiWDM in the Upper Filter), all with no effect. iTunes runs just fine, I can burn and import CDs, but I'm still getting this error every time I load it.
Can anyone offer a solution?

Excellent news!
I think you should be fine now. I suspect the cause of the slightly strange symptoms here were the multiple UpperFilters entries (rather than those LowerFilters entires dropped by the other software). When iTunes launched, it saw the empty data field in the first UpperFilters entry, prompting the registry settings messages. But when you went to import things, iTunes could glom on to one of the other two UpperFilters entries and proceed as normally with burning/importing activities.
Now we've got the UpperFilters entries looking a bit more standard, I think we should be okay from here on out. If you upgrade iTunes at some stage and see the same sort of symptoms, though, I'd check for similar sorts of "doubled UpperFilters" issues.
Many thanks for the screenshot. If I hadn't actually seen all those UpperFilters entries in there, I'm not sure I would have been able to work out what was most likely going on.

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All of the sudden, I started receiving the following error when I start iTunes (Vista, Vaio):
"The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
I haven't installed (or allowed anything to be) any updates or changes. So I reinstalled iTunes. Same error.
I made sure all of my software/drivers are up to date (they were). Still, same error. I have googled other people having the problem, but haven't found a solution.
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If you get this error, download new drivers from the GEAR website. It solved my problem.
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FOr some reason, this is being seen in pretty much only Packard Bell's which leads me to believe its a Packard Bell issue. Ok I am going to copy and paste what I wrote to someone else about the same issue so I dont have to retype it again.
For the most part, what's occurring is one of two things. Either...
A) an application (such as iTunes, etc.) is installing a driver file (as a .SYS) or replacing a working driver file that is referenced within your registry. For some folks, the replaced driver is still referenced by either an UpperFilterCheck or a LowerFilterCheck, and the device manager is actually seeking out that file that, well... no longer exists. Or, when you try and uninstall the application (iTunes is the frequent transgressor) everything is removed, including the related driver files, but the registry isn't altered... so the device manager continues to try and locate that driver file... which no longer exists.
or
B) a virus (or trojan) burrows its way into your file structure, and creates an element of itself disguised as a .SYS file. We've seen this happen before with viral elements disguising themselves as audio or video card driver files, in the efforts of masking themselves from lower-class anti-virus programs (or un-updated ones). In this case, they take on the name of a driver file that the optical drives are "familiar" with, and so, with the intention of being "fast, friendly, and efficient", the optical drives are tapped to utilize this new "driver" file... and it gets referenced in the registry as such.
However, when your anti-virus actually snaps to it, and removes the virus / trojan, and you go off on a virus-killing mission, galavanting through the registry and cleaning the little buggers out in Safe Mode and everything... you might remove the viral elements... but... the reference to them might still remain. The device manager is still looking for that "driver file", and will cause the optical drives to lock up in a Code 39 or Code 41 because of it.
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HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE1 0318}
You'll want to have that open, and a mini-window of the following:
START -> CONTROL PANEL -> SYSTEM -> Hardware (tab) -> DEVICE MANAGER -> Offending Drive (with yellow tag by it) Right-Mouse-Click and PROPERTIES -> Driver (tab) -> DRIVER DETAILS
Notice that list. It references all the drivers that that particular drive is utilizing. There should be a single .DLL (dynamic link library) file and multiple .SYS files. It's the .SYS files we're focusing on, and they should be located in your C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\ folder stem. If you want to open a new window explorer, and go verify that each of those driver files still exists in that folder stem, you may.
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Hi for the message error "Warning! The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
Here are the resolutions I found and it fix the problem for me.
Resolution
iTunes installs a device filter which helps it work with your optical drive. If this device filter is missing, you will see the message mentioned above. To resolve this issue, reinstall iTunes to put the device filter back in place. To reinstall iTunes, follow the steps in the article below appropriate to your OS:
HERE http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
If you still get the pop up error "Warning! The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes."
Do this
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3299
Good luck!
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Error message suggests reinstalling itunes - done. Nothing. (So thats the official Apple suggestion beig useless). Tried a number of fixes listed here after search revealed others had this problem. reinstalled itunes, removed ALL 3rd party burning software (even those that were present when itunes was working), amended registry settngs as detailed in Apple Support pages - this didnt work so returned them to original settings. Downloaded new updated Gear drivers etc still nothing. Does anyone have any other possible solutions? Am running an Acer laptop with Windows 7 and now iTunes 11.1.1.11.
Diagnostics run from iTunes says CD drive is working and can read the tracks etc but simply can not import anything. If it runs through one track it takes about 5-10 minutes per 4 minue track, then when you try and play it back it has only saved about 4 seconds worth of crackle. Also can not play the CDs through WMP either or VLC or anything else for that matter.
At wits end now, only option seems to bring forawrd the purchase of replacement laptop but dont want to have same issue in future.
Need iTunes as have iPods, 2 x iPhones, iPad and Apple TV in family so dont want to jump ship...

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How do I fix the following error: the registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and burning CDs and DVDs are missing?

Lately whenever I open iTunes, I get that same error message. At the end of the message it suggests re-installing iTunes, but this didn't correct the error. I looked up the problem on the help and support website and found several articles describing the error and the known possible causes. The problem is since there is more than one cause, there is more than one soulution. I'm not sure about the correct action to take. I included the links to some of the articles and my system information below.
Windows Vista Home Premium
32-bit Operating System
ACPI x86 based PC
Intel Pentium Dual Processor T2390 @ 1.86 - 1.87 GHz
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http://www.gearsoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=DRIVERS:_Windows_-_Updating%2C_ removing%2C_64_bit_versions%2C_etc
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