Windows XP and Nero 6.6 Uninstall

[doctorbobj]

I wonder if anyone has seen this and how to fix it. I have tried this on at least 4 systems now.
Running Windows two of them had SP 1 and two of them with SP 2. In all cases I has Nero 6.3 and then upgraded to Nero 6.6.0.8.
After installing Nero 6.6 I did not like the fact it wanted to do everything from playing movie files and other things so I wanted to uninstall it and reinstall Nero 6.3.
In every case once I uninstalled Nero 6.6 no matter if I reinstalled 6.3 or tried this before reinstalling, I can not longer get into manage my computer, Can get into administrative tools but nothing in there will work. Also can not do a system restore point prior to the date I installed nero 6.6.

The ONLY fix I can come up with is to reinstall nero 6.6 and then everything works but I do get an error in event log about incd helper not starting.
Two of the machines are running XP home two of them XP pro.
I want to install nero 6.6 and find a trash can for it and put Nero 6.3 back on but also need to be able to manage my computer and see event log.
I have has several other people try this same thing and in all cases once 6.6 is uninstalled you can not manage your computer.

Anyone else ever see this??

 

[RealBlackStuff]

On my XP/SP2 I have successfully installed Nero 6.6.0.8a. Works like a charm.
This was on a fresh XP install, after SP2 and all MS-updates. I did not install InCD though.

I saved this info a while ago, maybe it is of help to you:

How do you deinstall Nero manually?
As a general rule it is not advisable to deinstall Nero manually as the uninstaller of Nero carries out the deinstallation correctly as a general rule. If you have found this not to be the case, then you can also deinstall Nero manually. Please proceed as follows:
Deleting the directories:
Deleting the Nero-directory.
Deleting the Multimounter-directories if present.
If you do not know where to find the directories mentioned, then you just have to look for the file NEROSHX.DLL
(Start->Search->Files/Folders). In the directories found, there is either Nero or the Nero Multimounter

Delete the other files
Nero-driver:
In Windows 95/98: NEROCD95.VXD (in the Windows\System\IOSUBSYS directory)
In Windows NT: NEROCDNT.SYS (in the WinNT\System32\drivers directory)
Link with the Nero.EXE file of the start menu:
Right-click on start, then click on Explorer and finally in Explorer on Programs. In that, remove the entry Nero - Burning ROM .
If you are working in Windows NT or in Windows 95/98 with several profiles, then probably for every user of the link you have to Nero file can not be deleted yet. Here it is recommended to use Start->Search->Files/Folders to search for all files whose name starts with Nero - Burning ROM and to remove them.
Removing the registration entries:
Deinstallation entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Nero - Burning ROM Entry with the path to Nero:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\nero.exe Entries to registered components:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2E9D3540-211C-11d0-A5F2-00A0248C37BE}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{2E9D3540-211C-11d0-A5F2-00A0248C37BE} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved\{2E9D3540-211C-11d0-A5F2-00A0248C37BE} Through Nero registered file types (file endings)
(all in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
.cdc, .hdb, .nhf, .nra, .nrb, .nrg, .nrh, .nri, .nrm, .nru, .nrv Then presumably all entries from NeroAudioType until NeroVideoType Registration entries of Nero itself:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ahead
If you are working in Windows NT or in Windows 95/98 with several profiles then you would have to delete the entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead for each user Possibly also the following registration entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Nero or NeroStart.