Itunes in Windows Vista=no cd rom drive

I got a new computer loaded w/Windows Vista. I installed itunes. Noticed later Cd-dvd drive didn't show up in My Computer. I found a thread on a microsoft site that had me edit the Registry. My cd-dvd drive came back...Then itunes told me some of my drivers were missing and to repair Ituness. I repaired itunes. My cd-dvd drive is now gone again. HOw can I get my drive back, keep Itunes happy, and not go nuts?
thanksin advance
Rhsuz

I had this problem while working on a pc at my office. When I searched every where for it the only thing I could find is the registry key that you have to remove. We found a way to fix it though. The registry key is the driver that itunes uses to access the optical drive so it can burn with it, but there is a conflict. What must be done is either uninstall itunes or remove that registry key so you can have access to the optical device. Do all the firmware upgrades for the optical drives and update the bios for the pc to the latest addition. install itunes, and update to the latest version (you will probably lose your optical drive again). No go to the windows updater and make sure you get and install ALL latest updates. Afterwords, restart, you should be able to see your cd drive, if not, you probably have roxio and its conflicting with itunes. If you uninstall roxio, you will be able to use your itunes to burn cd's and you can see the drive. If you need roxio and still having the problem, remove the registry key again. The only thing it disables is the ability for itunes to burn cd's and it will tell you everytime you open it that it needs to be repaired, but it will work fine with out it so don't repair it. This is as far as I have gotten.

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