Registry settings for drivers are missing..Please reinstall iTunes

I haven't been able to find a post with a similar problem.. please forgive me if it's already been dealt with.
I got this new computer last week, a Dell Studio 15 running Vista. A few days later I installed iTunes 8 with no problems. I started importing my music, no problems. Today I opened iTunes and a warning message came up:
"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 clicked OK but itunes opened and worked fine. I imported and burned cds with no problem on iTunes (I've played a DVD on WMP, but that's the only other media program I've used), so iTunes seems to recognize my cd drive. Eventually I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes to get rid of that message, but it still came up. I also tried repairing iTunes, but that didn't get rid of it either.
What I don't understand is why the message still comes up even though it has no problems importing or burning cds. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm having exactly the same issue and it seems this can help:
iTunes uses GEAR software drivers for importing and burning CD’s & DVD’s. Re-installing (or installing the latest GEAR drivers seems to fix this problem. No reboot required for this install.
You can get the current GEAR drivers here: http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/drivers.cfm
Rgds,
Bob

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