Nero.

Is the patch listed here or can someone post it? 

I cannot d/l from Roxio's site b/c I'm not registered.  When I try to register the prompts do not include version5.2.  I tried to choose the oldest one there, but then I'm asked for a product key which I do not have which then prevents me from registering.

Nero is not free.  Free?? You get what you pay for.  Before XP, Roxio was solid, but after XP was released, they have had all kinds of probelms, even thought the internal XP burning software is Roxio based.  Go figure.

RE:  Nero

Is there a free version?

 

Does XP have this capability itself?

Message Edited by artesian79 on 11-07-2005 09:09 AM

It is easy and safe to register . . do that and you can navigate to the version 5.3 update download

XP has CD burning included . . right click on the files you want to burn  . select Send To . . select your CD /RW disc and you will get a bubble that informs you that you have data to burn to CD . . click that and follow the prompts.

You need the Roxio update (even for SP1). 

When you install Roxio it will tell you, as you have found out, that it's incompatible.  Just go ahead and install it, but do not try to use it.  Download the updates for the specific version of Roxio that you have, install the updates and you should be OK.  I've had to do that for a couple of customers with V5 Roxio (both basic and platinum).

Re:  Registering

I've tried to register at Roxio, but their process requires you to identify your product from their pull down menu.  That menu does not include the 5.2 product.  When I choose their oldest (lowest number) version then I am prompted to enter a valid product key.  Since I don't have one I cannot enter one and the process won't let me continue until I enter one.

I get this when I click on the English "download" link.

http://www.roxio.com/en/jhtml/ftp/patchdownload.jhtml;jsessionid=A32NFNCYBL55ZLAQAQHCM4Q?_requestid=1649795

If the Roxio sw license is your's this download may give you the product number.

http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Can you go here? . . It never did ask me to register . .

Rats . . I must have a cookie on my pc that by-passes that . .  . . sorry

Nero 4 & 5 will not work with XP SP2 either.

Roxio's V5 has not been produced in many years! It is 3 versions behind with V8 being the latest.

I have used v6, v7, v7.5 and v8 without any problems. Likewise there are millions of other users in the same boat. And yes there are some who just can't get it to work…

Nero or any other software is no different in that respect.

For the limited (downloads/data files) burning I do XP's burning sw does the trick. If you don't want to buy a dvd burner ($50-$60) with bundled burning sw and XP is not sufficient you could try some of the freebies out there. I have used this one on occasion.

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

You can't go to the link I gave and register from there?