The Saga Continues...
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I will strongly suggest you InfraRecorder[^]. It really is light weight (less than 4 Megs) and just does the job very well. Also, see OSalt[^], where you can search for open source alternatives for commercial utilities. I just searched osalt for Nero quite a while ago and found InfraRecorder.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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Daemon Tools...
xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)
((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))Sheesh! How did I forget that. :)
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
You can use Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel[^] to mount a cd or dvd iso.
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I use Active@ ISO Burner[^].
"Multithreading is just one damn thing after, before, or simultaneous with another." - Andrei Alexandrescu
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Having given up on making Visual Studio Express work after downloading the SP1 fix, I spent three nights uninstalling the bits I had previously installed, then downloaded the .iso file offerred to burn my own installation DVD. It didn't take that long to install Win95 from 13 floppies... I tried burning a DVD from the .iso, as directed by Microsoft, but it turns out that the OEM version of Nero that HP ships with DVD burners won't do that - I have to upgrade. So I spent the entire evening downloading and installing DVD burners, none of which work. My last choice was Nero's own version 8, which took a whopping long time to download. As part of the install process it deleted my existing OEM version, then required me to reboot. On startup the installation wizard started again and spent 20 minutes telling me that it's preparing to install. Once the wizard actually started doing something, it demanded my serial number. This for a free 15-day trial! It's just possible that my old OEM serial number would work, but we'll never know since it deleted that program before asking for a number. So now I have a useless .iso file containing the software I want to install, a DVD burning program taking up 188 MB of disk space that I can't install, and a perfectly good DVD writer that no longer has any software to make it usable. Thanks a bunch Nero, Microsoft, and HP. You sure know how to make a guy miss a pencil and paper... Bugger the lot of you!:mad: BTW - I don't think I'll be shelling out the $100 Nero wants for their product. They haven't made a great first impression. I try not to do business with companies run by people that stupid if I can avoid it. Sadly, Microsoft is rather hard to avoid...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Alcohol 55% is free. I haven't used anything else for burning isos since I tried it out -- except Alcohol 120%, of course.