Nero runs under Vista (at last!)
David Flynn23 November 2006, 9:43 PM
Got Vista but need Nero? A fresh-baked update finally makes the popular CD/DVD burning suite compatible with Vista's RTM edition.
Trying to get Nero working under Vista is no longer a frustrating hit-and-miss affair. An update just posted to nero.com enhances the current (and rather ridiculously-named) Nero 7 Premium Reloaded edition with a 150MB dollop of Vista-friendly goodness.
It's been a long time coming. Throughout much of this year, apcmag.com has tracked the status of Nero under Vista beta and RC builds. In many cases, getting them to play nicely together came down to specific build editions of both the application and the OS.
We eventually discovered a way to install Nero on Vista using the cut-down Nero Lite version rather than the full-bottle package.
Then came claims by Alcohol Soft, the maker of the Alcohol 52% and 120% programs, that Microsoft was deliberately blocking third-party burning apps by denying the installation of device drivers which created 'virtual drives'.
Now the beta testing smoke has cleared and with Vista's codebase hermetically sealed (well, until the first patch or update), Nero has finally pulled up a chair at the Vista table. And just as well, because despite Vista's enhancements in this area -- including direct DVD burning and support for UDF and ISO images, there are still plenty of reasons not to dump Nero.
Finally, note that throughout this article we resisted the temptation to invoke clichés such as 'burning ambition' or puns like 'Nero fiddles while Vista burns'.