Has Roxio's CD Creator Ever Forced You To Reformat/Reinstall OS? Poll

[Pliablemoose]

Like the title, I've had quite a few problems over the years, (& have finally just given up trying to use it) & noticed with each new version, there are stories like this Houston Chronicle Tech Writer Toasts System With Easy CD & DVD Creator 6

 

[Freejack2]

I had something like that happen when I went to remove an older version. I'd been a avid user of EZ cd creator, but since it's been under the Roxio name it's been pretty crappy. I finally got tired of having to reboot after every cd if I wanted to burn another and my new cd-rw had come with Nero. So I went to uninstall ez-cd and rebooted. My system never came back.
Needless to say when I reinstalled my OS, Nero went on as my cd burning program. Been using Nero ever since.

 

[mpitts]

Nope. But I only install Easy CD Creator, not any of the other garbage that I don't use.

 

[Geekbabe]

No,I use XP and when I couldn't get easy CD to work even with the patch for XP I just uninstalled and went with nero instead

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
No,I use XP and when I couldn't get easy CD to work even with the patch for XP I just uninstalled and went with nero instead

Ditto!

 

[rh71]

I installed EZ CD 6 this past weekend and nothing out of the ordinary has happened. It even successfully burned a CD for me (I'm swearing off Nero for a while).

 

[Pliablemoose]

I really lost it when I'd fried (BSOD) the same system X 2 when I tried to install Roxio's stuff on Windows 2000 Pro, and then proceeded to hose my wife's system despite the patches they said would fix everything.

 

[chemos]

no. of course, i -have- had my share of problems with it though. it's not a very good app, IMO. i prefer Nero for burning ROM.

 

[murphy55d]

No issues with it.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

This has happened to me TWICE when I have uninstalled easy cd creator, needless I have never used it since.

 

[thawolfman]

/me will stick with Nero

 

[AU Tiger]

Windows 2000 + Easy CD Creator 5 Complete Install = Inoperable System

I believe it is the GoBack or whatever it was called that causes the problem. Since that experience I have only installed the CD Creator piece of any release.

EDIT: Checked Roxio's website and it was Take Two that was the culprit.

Q: Why was Take Two« removed from Easy CD Creator Platinum 5.1 and disabled by upgrades to make Easy CD Creator 5.0x compatible with Windows XP?

A: Take Two«* was developed when the Window 95 operating system and smaller hard drives were the rule. As hard disk drives grew in size it became evident that Take Two was not the best backup solution. In the case of some newer CD burners, that use USB or PCMCIA, we also found that there weren't any DOS based drivers. Since our software does its file verification and restore from DOS, on these systems the software was rendered useless. Then in our testing under Windows XP it became evident that users would not have a good experience with the application under this OS. We decided wedid not want to risk any incompatibility issues with the new Windows XP OS.

Note the sentence in bold, that not so good experience was a blue screen on reboot that you could not get past without reinstalling in most cases. Same for Win2000.

 

[dethman]

no

 

[Electric Amish]

Only because of my mistake of trying to install v4.0 on Win2k.

amish

 

[Sid59]

Roxio = devil
Nero = Angel

devilish software stay far away on my machine.

 

[LAUST]

CloneCD for dupes, Nero for the rest, Roxio = Suxio

 

[SSP]

I use ezcd 4. If it works, why upgrade?

Nero for some reason gives me too many coasters. I prefer it over the other garbage.

 

[Adul]

Nero > Easy CD Creator.

 

[Jhill]

IT just made my cd dvd rom drives dissapear after I uninstalled it. I just had to fix the registry to get them back.

 

[phaserx]

you should use a REAL cd burning software like Nero .. screw roxio, they suck..

 

[hrstruggle]

Hey Jhill,

You mentioned a registry fix . . . can you tell me more.

Here's my situation. I had to run a repair on W2K and when it set itself up, it refuses to recognize my CD burner or DVD burner. When I come into W2K, it looks for a file associated with Easy CD-Creator 5 Basic and it seems like it won't load any CD drivers unless I feed it these files.

I tried downloading some of these files from the net and pointing it to them but it won't take them. I think it's looking for a particular file and folder structure that I can't replicate.

I've also seen some posts about Take Two. What's that?

When I hit help, it mentioned a registry error 19. So, you're post intrigued me. Help? Anyone?

 

[CraigRT]

yes actually!
as has Norton (way more than once)

those are the 2 most known to be trouble programs i've ever dealt with.

 

[hrstruggle]

Just found this on the Roxio Support website:

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"CDROM and Recorder no longer work in Windows 2000/XP"

This information applies to the following product(s):

Easy CD Creator Deluxe 4x Suite, Standard or Deluxe EditionsEasy CD Creator 5.0x Suite, Basic or Platinum EditionsWinOnCD 3.7.548 (and above)Video Pak 5.0

This information applies to the following Operating System(s):

Windows 2000Windows XP

To Recover Lost Drives:You should uninstall Easy CD Creator, if it is installed, through Windows Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. To do so:


A. Go to "Start" then "Settings" then select "Control Panel"B. Double Click "Add/Remove Programs"C. Uninstall Easy CD Creator Platinum and/or Adaptec Easy CD Creator


WARNING: THE NEXT STEPS INVOLVE EDITING YOUR SYSTEM REGISTRY. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU EXPORT YOUR REGISTRY (STEP 3) BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY EDITING (STEP 4). EDITING YOUR REGISTRY INCORRECTLY CAN CAUSE IRREPARABLE SYSTEM DAMAGE. WE RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE EDITING YOUR REGISTRY THAT YOU SKIP THE FOLLOWING STEPS.


1) Log on with Administrative Privileges

2) Open the Registry Editor:

a) Go to "Start" then select "Run"

b) Type "regedit" and click "OK"

3) Backup you registry by:

a) Highlight "My Computer" by clicking on it once.

b) At the top of the page you should see "File"(Win XP) or "Registry" (Win 2000), click on this and then select "Export Registry File"

c) The following screen will allow you to select where you would like to save this backup and what file name you would like to save it as.

d) Please note at the bottom of the screen where it says export range "All"; this should be selected to ensure your entire registry is backed up completely.

e) Give the File a name and Click on the "SAVE" button (this will bring you back to the registry editor)

4) Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values by:

a) Expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" key (looks like a folder) by double clicking it.

b) Expand the "SYSTEM" Key

c) Expand the "CurrentControlSet" Key

d) Expand the "Control" Key

e) Expand the "Class" Key

f) Please look for a key containing the following string of letter and numbers:{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

g) High light this key by left clicking once on it

h) On the right hand side you are looking for "Upperfilters" and "Lowerfilters", once you find these please delete them by high lighting (left clicking on them once) and then right clicking on them and choosing "delete"

5) Restart your computer.

6) Your CD-ROMs should be back.

You can reinstall Easy CD Creator at this time.

For more information on this issue see Microsoft knowledgebase Article ID: Q270008 at:http://search.support.microsoft.com/

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I'll try to remember to post how it goes when I'm done . . .

 

[vi edit]

Yep, version 5 nuked my Win2k and XP loads.

It's not as bad as PC Anywhere 10 though. I just cringe and turn away when it asks me to reboot after the install of PCany 10 on an XP or Win2k machine.

Lost many, many O/S loads to that flaming pile of monkey crap.

 

[hrstruggle]

Hmm, the fix I got seemed to work but not my W2K won't come up at all.

It did for a little while but in the process of trying to at least get basic functionality so I could back things up, it decided to go haywire. Not sure why.

I noticed though, someone loaded a mIRC on my system (since all my programs were gone, including NAV and ZoneAlarm). So, I have no idea what to do.

It basically boots into W2K, goes through the "Restoring Network Connections" (which takes like 3-4 minutes) and then the window disappears and it just hangs there. Like it's about to give you the little W2K musical intro but it never gets there. It's just a blue screen (not the BSOD) with a mouse cursor.

I guess I can try safe mode and see what happens. UGH!! TORTURE!!!