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Adaptec easy cd creator 4.0 problem with win XP

amexblue

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I got my adaptec 4.0 software bundled with my cd writer an year ago. Now that I have upgraded to windows xp, i installed easy cd creator on my machine. It wouldn't install. It installed directCD which is not working. Is it compatible with XP? Do I need to upgrade my cd burning software?

thanks
 
hi everyone, sorry for bumping an old thread. i’m trying to install easy cd creator 4.0 on an windows 10 machine but I can’t get past the product key verification. when I enter the key the installer shows an error and won’t accept it.
has anyone encountered this before? is there an official patch, updated installer, or archive that fixes the verification check? i assume this title might be abandonware. if so, does anyone know a legal place to obtain a working installer or a valid license?
 
hi everyone, sorry for bumping an old thread. i’m trying to install easy cd creator 4.0 on an windows 10 machine but I can’t get past the product key verification. when I enter the key the installer shows an error and won’t accept it.
has anyone encountered this before? is there an official patch, updated installer, or archive that fixes the verification check? i assume this title might be abandonware. if so, does anyone know a legal place to obtain a working installer or a valid license?
Roxio is the maintainer of easy CD creator so that would be the place to start, but I doubt you'll have much luck. It's been 23 years since this thread and the software was garbage even then.
 
See if you can find a suitable RCDC 5 here (or maybe better yet a Version 7 ):

https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware?tab=collection&query=Roxio+CD+Creator+5

Other places to look are "abandonware" website and also maybe "uptodown" website.

PS: Oh ya, before you attempt to install, make sure to use "compatibility mode." (Right click the install ".exe" - usually the setup.exe - and select "Windows XP" compatibility.)

AI Overview
To use compatibility mode in Windows, right-click the program's executable file, select Properties, go to the Compatibility tab, and check the box for "Run this program in compatibility mode for". From the drop-down menu, choose a previous version of Windows that the program worked with, then click Apply and OK. You can also use the troubleshooter by right-clicking the file and selecting Troubleshoot compatibility to let Windows find the best settings automatically.

Also, I have never used it, but AI recommends using a supposedly free CD/DVD burning software instead such as :

https://cdburnerxp.se/help/intro/license



Good luck
 
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thanks everyone for the replies and the tips. yeah, it’s mostly a nostalgia thing, easy cd creator 4.0 was the first cd i ever installed on the computer my mom gave me, and it was also the first one we used together to burn a cd. i just wanted to show it to her again after all these years.
 
I thought windows has done native burning for awhile now. Is that not correct?
For music CDs you have to use Media Player. Not many options, it sucks. Data CDs can be burned in file explorer.

I prefer CDburnerXP for those rare occasion when I burn a CD. Even that hasn't been updated since 2019. But what's to update?
 
Roxio is the maintainer of easy CD creator so that would be the place to start, but I doubt you'll have much luck. It's been 23 years since this thread and the software was garbage even then.
LOL. Back in the day, I recall some angry people referring to it as "Easy Coaster Creator".
 
If it didn't ef your computer up completely. Also, I removed a lot of upperfilters in those days.
And it wasn't just the bad software. Most of those old early CD drives that could record were pure unadulterated junk. Everybody and his brother offered one, or at least a rebadged drive to sell. I bought at least half a dozen and they didn't last very long, even though I was a pretty light user.

Even the most expensive models were pure JUNK.
 
And it wasn't just the bad software. Most of those old early CD drives that could record were pure unadulterated junk. Everybody and his brother offered one, or at least a rebadged drive to sell. I bought at least half a dozen and they didn't last very long, even though I was a pretty light user.

Even the most expensive models were pure JUNK.
I thought CD burning was going to be the next big thing back in '94. I spent a small fortune on SCSI and 1x CD burning equipment and had fits getting any of it to work. At the time, everything was just a one time shot - not rewritable and no buffers. Many the buffer underrun. Ah, good times...
 
I thought CD burning was going to be the next big thing back in '94. I spent a small fortune on SCSI and 1x CD burning equipment and had fits getting any of it to work. At the time, everything was just a one time shot - not rewritable and no buffers. Many the buffer underrun. Ah, good times...
You were in on the craze a few years before me, so you probably wasted even more money on this scam crap. My condolences.
 
You were in on the craze a few years before me, so you probably wasted even more money on this scam crap. My condolences.
I did spend a lot. Finally, years later all that stuff became dirt cheap - and just worked. At least relative to the early iterations. Optical drives always were prone to sudden death though.
 
I always throttled my burns. Seemed more reliable than fast as possible. Can't remember what I used. Probably varied depending on mood, but I'd go as slow as I could tolerate.
 
I always throttled my burns. Seemed more reliable than fast as possible. Can't remember what I used. Probably varied depending on mood, but I'd go as slow as I could tolerate.
After burning speed increased, I usually burned at 1/2 of whatever the maximum was. When I started in '94, it was 1x or nothing. Nothing was the outcome a lot more than a successful 1x burn.
 
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