Nero 6 and service pack 3

[hcetri]

Has anyone had any problems with Nero 6 not starting up since the xp sp3 update?

 

[raybay]

Nero 6 requires the update download from Nero... it is not an easy download, because it is basically a large and complete file that takes a long time. Nero doesn't have the download system worked out, to my satisfaction, so you may have to work at getting a perfect download with repeated attempts.

 

[mailpup]

At work I have Nero 6 with XP pro SP3 and have no such problems. In this case for what it's worth XP SP3 was installed before Nero 6.

 

[raybay]

True, it does not affect every computer nor every user. Still, there is a Nero download to correct the problem as it is commonly reported on some computers.

 

[hcetri]

I had it installed before the update. I uninstalled sp3 but I have not had a chance to try it out yet. What is the update # for the fix?

 

[hcetri]

Well I tried it to see if it worked and it did not. It will not open and it will not let me shut down my computer after trying to open. I installe dthe update and it did not work. I tried a demo version of nero 9 and it opens.

 

[captaincranky]

For what it's worth...

My most recent build has XP Home SP3 installed. This was a clean install of the OS. (Gigabyte EP45-UD3R / E7300) Nero 6 was installed on top of this and updated to Ver. 6.6 (final version of the program), and it works fine. I never add all the extra content available for Nerovision 3, since it's the worst movie editing program I've ever seen, I only use it as a burning suite.

When Nero 6's updates are installed it toggles the "Start Smart" desktop icon on and off so after the program is installed I put the icon in a safe folder, in case I need it.

Nero puts some 120 useless registry entries in after the initial install so I run a mild registry cleaner soon after. This one; http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html

Never allow Nero to be the default application for any opening any type of file WHATSOEVER!

As a guess the InCD application is most likely to cause trouble, make sure you've updated every application in the suite, not just the burning ROM

 

[raybay]

You might want to consider other options. You can go to www.clickcooldeals.com and get Roxio Creator 10 for $12 or Nero Burning Suite 3 for $12.50
We have had great luck with free burner software - all can be located with a gargle search: Express Burn, Burn4Free, Blacemp.com, CDBurnerXP, The FreeCountry.com, BurnMyFiels.com, uberdownloads.com, www.nch.com.au/burn/ and others.

 

[Tedster]

why bother? There's plenty of free open source equivalents out there. I've found the commercial stuff to be too invasive anyway.

Try: CDburnerXP. I see ray-bay has recommended it too.