A new Error (era?)
hi bcarroll
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, no error messages. It looked like a clean install when I first installed it, but I only opened up the splash screen for Nero 9, then shut it down again. Then went on to install Backitup, and that was where the problems began occurring - the loader was missing one of two options on the custom install screen (only a little 'plus' menu indicator with no menu script beside it), several desktop blanks and rewrites where it erases the icons and then restores them slowly, and finally a stall at the end, showing the "Finish" button but with a hung PC. The uninstaller on the product did not work, the Windows uninstaller did not work, and at that point I came to the forum. Too late.
However, I've now stripped everything out by rolling back to an earlier desktop, gotten administrator privileges back, cleaned up the registry and uploaded 9.4.26 - it was a clean install and seems to work OK. I've now restored all my file associations and burned two audio CDs with it but nothing more. Works as advertised. I'll get into some of the other items later, but really, the other commenters are right - I think there's way more here than I'll ever use. I had Nero 6 on the XP box I came from early last year, and that worked fine for me and my needs. This one does look like bloatware and I really don't like having the file associations seized without my permission. What's the point of being the administrator?
If I'd taken the time to look at Win7 's burning options, I might not have gone this route, but I've never found Usoft products too clean or flexible by nature, so I assumed the worst; plus they were just about giving the Nero 9 away at the store, and in retrospect, perhaps this is why.....