HP dvd1040 litescribe on Windows 8

Initially this device wouldn't install, I had the yellow triangle next to it in device manager. I followed a post here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-CD-DVD-Reply-Only/looking-for-Lightscrib-e-HP-dvd1040-drivers/td-p/476335 downloading http://www.onecomputerguy.com/reg/cd_restore.reg Windows just hung on uninstalling the device so I restarted after running the registry file anyway, and now it works.
Hope this helps.

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