Nero 5.5.2.4 & Windows 2000

cluthu · June 22nd, 2001, 19:07

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but after upgrading my copy of Nero I found, much to my surprise, that Windows would no longer boot. It'd fill its little progress bar and just spontaneously reboot. After a bit of head scratching I realized that I might have some luck restoring a previous config.

Should anyone else face this problem, try the following:
1. Allow it to get to the bootloader menu (should you have one). With Win2000 selected press F8 and choose "Last Known Good Configuration."

2. On the next screen, select the hardware config you use most often (usually there's only one anyway) and press Enter.

3. At this point you should be able to log in normally. Open Regedit and go to the key

HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run

and delete the "NeroCheck" key.

I'm not certain just why it causes the machine to reboot (it doesn't make an entry in the event log or anything), so it's a mystery. Oh well, just thought I'd share.

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vivi dude · June 22nd, 2001, 20:18

can someone tell me what a nero is?

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cluthu · June 22nd, 2001, 20:35

Besides the ruler that was instrumental in the destruction of Rome, Nero is a popular CD Burning application.

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**Betamax** · June 22nd, 2001, 21:37

Hence the phase "Nero Fiddled whilst Rome burned." Thats the bloke... not the cdr burner program (gettit?)

ps Maybe that key was to reboot the system after you installed it. That would explain the lack of entry in the event viewer (It would just register that the service had been stopped). I don't like nero anyway.

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cluthu · June 22nd, 2001, 21:43

>not the cdr burner program
I'm aware of that, it was my (rather poor) attempt at a joke. Sorry.

>Maybe that key was to reboot the system after you installed it.
It made the system reboot continually, you see. I must have let it reboot ten times before I realized what was going on.

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Dan · June 25th, 2001, 12:48

Anyone else have this problem??

Luckly, it was smooth 4 me, but i did a fresh install with Nero 5.5.0.13...

Dan · June 28th, 2001, 14:25

cluthu...

Thanks for the tip.. I was able to reproduce you problem with a fresh install of 2000. I was working on an office computer that was going to use an array of cd burners for backup... Upgraded thier verison of nero... and wham... what a bummer..

Thanx cluthu

June 22nd, 2001, 19:07	#1
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	Nero 5.5.2.4 & Windows 2000 I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but after upgrading my copy of Nero I found, much to my surprise, that Windows would no longer boot. It'd fill its little progress bar and just spontaneously reboot. After a bit of head scratching I realized that I might have some luck restoring a previous config. Should anyone else face this problem, try the following: 1. Allow it to get to the bootloader menu (should you have one). With Win2000 selected press F8 and choose "Last Known Good Configuration." 2. On the next screen, select the hardware config you use most often (usually there's only one anyway) and press Enter. 3. At this point you should be able to log in normally. Open Regedit and go to the key HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run and delete the "NeroCheck" key. I'm not certain just why it causes the machine to reboot (it doesn't make an entry in the event log or anything), so it's a mystery. Oh well, just thought I'd share. __________________ "...everything else is just theory."

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June 22nd, 2001, 20:18	#2
vivi dude Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: ....never never land.... Posts: 124	can someone tell me what a nero is? __________________ when your in trouble with graphics....turn to Pete Bernert...:-)

June 22nd, 2001, 20:35	#3
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	Besides the ruler that was instrumental in the destruction of Rome, Nero is a popular CD Burning application. __________________ "...everything else is just theory." Last edited by cluthu; June 22nd, 2001 at 20:36..

June 22nd, 2001, 21:37	#4
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,506	Hence the phase "Nero Fiddled whilst Rome burned." Thats the bloke... not the cdr burner program (gettit?) ps Maybe that key was to reboot the system after you installed it. That would explain the lack of entry in the event viewer (It would just register that the service had been stopped). I don't like nero anyway. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

June 22nd, 2001, 21:43	#5
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	>not the cdr burner program I'm aware of that, it was my (rather poor) attempt at a joke. Sorry. >Maybe that key was to reboot the system after you installed it. It made the system reboot continually, you see. I must have let it reboot ten times before I realized what was going on. __________________ "...everything else is just theory."

June 25th, 2001, 12:48	#6
Dan Jedi Knight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 230	Anyone else have this problem?? Luckly, it was smooth 4 me, but i did a fresh install with Nero 5.5.0.13...

June 28th, 2001, 14:25	#7
Dan Jedi Knight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 230	cluthu... Thanks for the tip.. I was able to reproduce you problem with a fresh install of 2000. I was working on an office computer that was going to use an array of cd burners for backup... Upgraded thier verison of nero... and wham... what a bummer.. Thanx cluthu