Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Model: k17rs
Interface: PCI / ISA
Operating System: Windows Vista
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, &amp; cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: NTI Cd Maker/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=822&qa5=3&qa7=1801&dp=2&qm0=k17rs&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Pioneer+USA+CD+%2F+DVD++k17rs+Windows+Vista+) | Research manufacturer Pioneer USA (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=822)

Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Win95 up. Windows Vista provides native support that allows this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. No support for playing dvd disks or for burning dvd or cd-rw disks. For those tasks, compatible 3rd. party recording & dvd decoding software is required.

If your problem is non-detection, please read post #24 in this thread: http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=21669&page=4

It contains instructions on the delete the upper and lower filters fix

Also, there is a STICKY posted in this forum that contains a file from Microsoft and instructions that will do this registry edit automatically instead of having to do it manually.