Hello all.
Long time CloneDVD and AnyDVD user. (Actually just over 4 years!) I have been using Nero Ultra for the last few years mostly for the music features -- ripping CD's, burning new mixes, editing and/or converting sound tracks, etc. All the other crap (Sorry if that upsets anyone, but much of the rest is just that), like the label maker, video player, etc. I never even opened. And the photo program, well, that is far from Nero's core business and IMO they should have kept away from that!
Anyway, I have always used CloneDVD and AnyDVD to backup movies. I reinstalled Windows XP Pro on my PC a few weeks ago. No major problems; just that I install and remove a lot of software and after a year and a half the registry is too full of miscellaneous leftover stuff to function very well. I do use jv16 Powertools 2007 to try and keep the registry clean, but it still gets to the point eventually where the OS is all played out.
I've reinstalled most of my usual software - the stuff I use most frequently - but I have not installed Nero yet. I wanted to install it this time with only the parts that I commonly use, and keep the rest off my machine. In particular I wanted to prevent Nero Scout from installing at all. Most probably are familiar with the problems it poses: It automatically steals all file associations that it wants, sets up a few services that index all the media files on the PC, and can at times use 90 - 95% of CPU resources indexing. And other than shutting down the service, you cannot stop it, or even set up a schedule for indexing.
You can deselect all the stuff you do not want when you install Nero Ultra 7, but Scout still installs - there is no way to stop it, other than editing the .MSI installer package file, which can play hell if you make any error at all. Plus, once you allow it to install, it fills the registry with keys that make it the default app for a lot of associations. Even if you change them the registry entry is still there, and changing the application and icon is often mysteriously reversed later. Very frustrating program. So it turns out I am not even going to bother trying this time. I have an application that can burn CDs, but I want a good and fast one.
When i initially purchased CloneDVD and AnyDVD in Feb 2004, CloneCD was off the market. Elby couldn't sell it anymore due to legal pressures, as I understand it, and Slysoft had not yet picked it up. Hence Nero entered the picture. Now that Slysoft has revived CloneCD and from what I hear, improved it quite a bit, I am considering purchasing it. However I cannot find much info at all on the site. The product page has a paragraph and a list of highlights, but those are kind of broadbrush. Is there a manual, or a more detailed description and/or specs I can review before buying it? A manual perhaps?
Also, maybe someone here can recommend some applications to replace the Nero apps that I did like and use, like the Wave Editor and Drive Info/Speed Tool. I would surely appreciate it!
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Jim
Long time CloneDVD and AnyDVD user. (Actually just over 4 years!) I have been using Nero Ultra for the last few years mostly for the music features -- ripping CD's, burning new mixes, editing and/or converting sound tracks, etc. All the other crap (Sorry if that upsets anyone, but much of the rest is just that), like the label maker, video player, etc. I never even opened. And the photo program, well, that is far from Nero's core business and IMO they should have kept away from that!
Anyway, I have always used CloneDVD and AnyDVD to backup movies. I reinstalled Windows XP Pro on my PC a few weeks ago. No major problems; just that I install and remove a lot of software and after a year and a half the registry is too full of miscellaneous leftover stuff to function very well. I do use jv16 Powertools 2007 to try and keep the registry clean, but it still gets to the point eventually where the OS is all played out.
I've reinstalled most of my usual software - the stuff I use most frequently - but I have not installed Nero yet. I wanted to install it this time with only the parts that I commonly use, and keep the rest off my machine. In particular I wanted to prevent Nero Scout from installing at all. Most probably are familiar with the problems it poses: It automatically steals all file associations that it wants, sets up a few services that index all the media files on the PC, and can at times use 90 - 95% of CPU resources indexing. And other than shutting down the service, you cannot stop it, or even set up a schedule for indexing.
You can deselect all the stuff you do not want when you install Nero Ultra 7, but Scout still installs - there is no way to stop it, other than editing the .MSI installer package file, which can play hell if you make any error at all. Plus, once you allow it to install, it fills the registry with keys that make it the default app for a lot of associations. Even if you change them the registry entry is still there, and changing the application and icon is often mysteriously reversed later. Very frustrating program. So it turns out I am not even going to bother trying this time. I have an application that can burn CDs, but I want a good and fast one.
When i initially purchased CloneDVD and AnyDVD in Feb 2004, CloneCD was off the market. Elby couldn't sell it anymore due to legal pressures, as I understand it, and Slysoft had not yet picked it up. Hence Nero entered the picture. Now that Slysoft has revived CloneCD and from what I hear, improved it quite a bit, I am considering purchasing it. However I cannot find much info at all on the site. The product page has a paragraph and a list of highlights, but those are kind of broadbrush. Is there a manual, or a more detailed description and/or specs I can review before buying it? A manual perhaps?
Also, maybe someone here can recommend some applications to replace the Nero apps that I did like and use, like the Wave Editor and Drive Info/Speed Tool. I would surely appreciate it!
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Jim
