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Nero Lite
alanclarke
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I recently bought a new computer which had Nero 7 Essentials included. This is bloat-ware to the extreme and looking on Nero web site there was an update I could download which would be 333MB.
I decided to just install from the CD, it asked to download DirectX 9, I had Vista which comes with DirectX 10. Looking on the Nero support section it states that it will only download required files and leave DirectX 10 intact.
You can select not to install modules that you don't require but you always get a Nero Search bar on the Task bar, I tried this and it gave an error message.
A much better alternative for my needs is Nero Lite, this just includes the basic burning software - Nero Burning Rom, Nero Express, Nero CoverDesigner, Nero WaveEditor, Nero Tookit leaving out all the multi-media stuff such as ShowTime, MediaHome, PhotoSnap etc. The download is 36.8MB and it accepts the serial no from Nero 7 Essentials.
Looking at the license details after installation it shows serial no as OEM and expiration as Never so I assume it's not just a trial version.
You can download Nero Lite 7.10.1.0 at http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Nero-Lite-Download-48758.html
I decided to just install from the CD, it asked to download DirectX 9, I had Vista which comes with DirectX 10. Looking on the Nero support section it states that it will only download required files and leave DirectX 10 intact.
You can select not to install modules that you don't require but you always get a Nero Search bar on the Task bar, I tried this and it gave an error message.
A much better alternative for my needs is Nero Lite, this just includes the basic burning software - Nero Burning Rom, Nero Express, Nero CoverDesigner, Nero WaveEditor, Nero Tookit leaving out all the multi-media stuff such as ShowTime, MediaHome, PhotoSnap etc. The download is 36.8MB and it accepts the serial no from Nero 7 Essentials.
Looking at the license details after installation it shows serial no as OEM and expiration as Never so I assume it's not just a trial version.
You can download Nero Lite 7.10.1.0 at http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Nero-Lite-Download-48758.html
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