Scan and defrag in Safe Mode?

Bill in Co. wrote:
Or better yet, remove BOTH packet writing parts of those two programs (InCD
and DirectCD). I hope your advice works here, and that is his able to
remove them successfully. Worst case scenario - clean install of Windows
(if he can't remove them). I think I went thru this once.

glee wrote:

If you still have EZ CD Creator installed, and that installation includes

its

packet writer, DirectCD, that is the likely reason you are getting the

blue

screen when you load the Nero6 "suite", if the suite also contains Ahead's
packet writing software. Two packet writers on the same system is almost a
guarantee of a blue screen at startup.
Either uninstall DirectCD, either from Add\Remove Programs if it is listed
there, or by running EZCD Creator setup again, and choosing to remove the
DirectCD module; OR, do a custom install of the Nero suite, and de-select

the

packet writing software so that it doesn't install.....it should be listed

as

InCD. --
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Anthony Buckland" wrote

[lengthy stuff which I will now clip]

Thanks to you and Glee. This sounds like just the kind of
advice I needed. Also, stuff I would never, at my level,
have intuited; and stuff not hinted at by the Nero
installation, so far as I can recall.

Deinstalling Easy CD Creator will be a risk if Nero lets
me down again, since I don't think I have an installer
(although I'll take a look) included in the factory load,
but it may be a risk I have to take.

So far as the "worst case scenario" goes, been there,
done that, went back to a clean factory load and spent
a day hoping a full restore of my pre-Nero tape save
would work -- it did, and I could face it again.

You don't have to deinstall EZCD - I have that AND Nero installed on my
machine. I meant you don't need the "DirectCD" part of it, that's all.

I don't recall if you can separately uninstall the DirectCD part or not, but
if not, maybe it's no biggie, as long as you don't have InCD installed on
there too.

Anthony Buckland wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:
Or better yet, remove BOTH packet writing parts of those two programs
(InCD and DirectCD). I hope your advice works here, and that is his
able
to remove them successfully. Worst case scenario - clean install of
Windows
(if he can't remove them). I think I went thru this once.

glee wrote:

If you still have EZ CD Creator installed, and that installation
includes its
packet writer, DirectCD, that is the likely reason you are getting the
blue
screen when you load the Nero6 "suite", if the suite also contains
Ahead's
packet writing software. Two packet writers on the same system is almost
a
guarantee of a blue screen at startup.
Either uninstall DirectCD, either from Add\Remove Programs if it is
listed
there, or by running EZCD Creator setup again, and choosing to remove
the
DirectCD module; OR, do a custom install of the Nero suite, and
de-select
the packet writing software so that it doesn't install.....it should be
listed as
InCD. --

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Anthony Buckland" wrote

[lengthy stuff which I will now clip]

Thanks to you and Glee. This sounds like just the kind of
advice I needed. Also, stuff I would never, at my level,
have intuited; and stuff not hinted at by the Nero
installation, so far as I can recall.

Deinstalling Easy CD Creator will be a risk if Nero lets
me down again, since I don't think I have an installer
(although I'll take a look) included in the factory load,
but it may be a risk I have to take.

So far as the "worst case scenario" goes, been there,
done that, went back to a clean factory load and spent
a day hoping a full restore of my pre-Nero tape save
would work -- it did, and I could face it again.

At least in the vesrsions I have used, if you re-run Roxio setup while it is
installed, it gives you the option to add or remove components....though it may not
be in so many words.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
You don't have to deinstall EZCD - I have that AND Nero installed on my
machine. I meant you don't need the "DirectCD" part of it, that's all.

I don't recall if you can separately uninstall the DirectCD part or not, but
if not, maybe it's no biggie, as long as you don't have InCD installed on
there too.

Anthony Buckland wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:
Or better yet, remove BOTH packet writing parts of those two programs
(InCD and DirectCD). I hope your advice works here, and that is his
able
to remove them successfully. Worst case scenario - clean install of
Windows
(if he can't remove them). I think I went thru this once.

glee wrote:

If you still have EZ CD Creator installed, and that installation
includes its
packet writer, DirectCD, that is the likely reason you are getting the
blue
screen when you load the Nero6 "suite", if the suite also contains
Ahead's
packet writing software. Two packet writers on the same system is almost
a
guarantee of a blue screen at startup.
Either uninstall DirectCD, either from Add\Remove Programs if it is
listed
there, or by running EZCD Creator setup again, and choosing to remove
the
DirectCD module; OR, do a custom install of the Nero suite, and
de-select
the packet writing software so that it doesn't install.....it should be
listed as
InCD. --

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Anthony Buckland" wrote

[lengthy stuff which I will now clip]

Thanks to you and Glee. This sounds like just the kind of
advice I needed. Also, stuff I would never, at my level,
have intuited; and stuff not hinted at by the Nero
installation, so far as I can recall.

Deinstalling Easy CD Creator will be a risk if Nero lets
me down again, since I don't think I have an installer
(although I'll take a look) included in the factory load,
but it may be a risk I have to take.

So far as the "worst case scenario" goes, been there,
done that, went back to a clean factory load and spent
a day hoping a full restore of my pre-Nero tape save
would work -- it did, and I could face it again.

glee wrote:
At least in the vesrsions I have used, if you re-run Roxio setup while it is
installed, it gives you the option to add or remove components....though it may not
be in so many words.
Thanks again to you both. You guys do a great job.

Anthony Buckland wrote:
glee wrote:

At least in the vesrsions I have used, if you re-run Roxio setup while
it is
installed, it gives you the option to add or remove
components....though it may not
be in so many words.

Thanks again to you both. You guys do a great job.

A followup: I took your advice, and my problems went away.
With DirectCD and, for good measure, InCD purged, and with
the cleaning tools from Nero applied, the Nero suite
(Nero Express 6, Nero Vision Express 2, Nero Show Time,
etc) installed much faster, and my machine started ok.
So far, testing of the Nero software is going well.
I was gratified to find that it occupies much less than
the 750MBy threatened by the system requirements for the
drive, just a hundred plus MBy which is practically
nothing these days.

This wouldn't have happened without the help I got here.
So far my support email to Nero has gone unanswered,
although maybe I need a bit more patience with them.
And on my reinstallation I was particularly alert this
time to warnings about what might be on my system,
causing trouble -- nothing. Navigating Nero's website
yields only hints that the moderately knowledgeable
might realize were applicable, certainly nothing relating
to installation problems in particular that I could find.

Thanks again.

Great news, Anthony. Glad it worked out for you.
The Ahead Nero web site does a good job of hiding the info. It used to be fairly
easy to find, but the site has been revamped and made "flashier", making it harder
to find the kind of technical info one often needs.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Anthony Buckland" wrote in message
...
Anthony Buckland wrote:
glee wrote:

At least in the vesrsions I have used, if you re-run Roxio setup while
it is
installed, it gives you the option to add or remove
components....though it may not
be in so many words.

Thanks again to you both. You guys do a great job.

A followup: I took your advice, and my problems went away.
With DirectCD and, for good measure, InCD purged, and with
the cleaning tools from Nero applied, the Nero suite
(Nero Express 6, Nero Vision Express 2, Nero Show Time,
etc) installed much faster, and my machine started ok.
So far, testing of the Nero software is going well.
I was gratified to find that it occupies much less than
the 750MBy threatened by the system requirements for the
drive, just a hundred plus MBy which is practically
nothing these days.

This wouldn't have happened without the help I got here.
So far my support email to Nero has gone unanswered,
although maybe I need a bit more patience with them.
And on my reinstallation I was particularly alert this
time to warnings about what might be on my system,
causing trouble -- nothing. Navigating Nero's website
yields only hints that the moderately knowledgeable
might realize were applicable, certainly nothing relating
to installation problems in particular that I could find.

Thanks again.