Nero broke in Win2k and WinXP

[idea]

I have a Plexwriter 8/4/32A and latest Nero (5.5.8 I believe?). Problem originally started in Win2k, where nero would just stop burning, the read/write light on the drive would go off, and I can't close Nero... but it's not frozen, I can't ctrl+alt+del either.

This, plus recieving a new hard drive, was the reason I did a clean install of WinXP. I get the same problem now, but worse. The process stops at 2% simulation, and I can't terminate Nero. Other programs cease to work as well, but nothing "freezes". I can't do things such as save files, open IE6, or restart the computer thru the Shutdown menu.

WinXP is up-to-date with Windows Update. WinXP burning feature has been disabled. The burner works in other programs, such as CDRWIN and CDMate, but I love Nero too much to let this go unfixed. Any ideas, folks?

 

[Tiger]

<< Other programs cease to work as well, but nothing "freezes". >>


I've got Nero running on a Win2K system with no problems. How much memory in the system?
When you installed XP you did a clean, repartitioned, install, not an upgrade.

 

[idea]

192mb ram. I forgot to mention, for the longest time, Nero did work. Then this happened out of no where.

To install WinXP i formatted an 80gb HD, and partitioned 8mb for C

 

[Tiger]

I'd bet it's something you loaded after Nero that's the culprit.

 

[yodayoda]

make sure you are logged in with administrator privileges in win 2k. if you are in the class of user or power user, it will not work--if you have to be Administrator class in order to run the direct drive commands that nero uses.