AFAIK, MS stopped using copy protection back in the days of
WORKS 2.0 DOS. Only the game and movie people use copy
protection. The MS EULA says you may copy the CD for
archival purposes. You just can't copy it to clone your
system. The EULA really applies to the COA/PK that you pay
for. When you buy a new mattress or pillow, there is a tag
that says "Do not remove under penalty of law" but this only
applies to the retailer. Likewise, the hologram label and
such on a CD are to prove to the end-user retail customer
that he is buying a genuine and legal MS product. The
end-user can burn 100 CDs if he/she is paranoid about
earthquakes, fire and flood. These 100 copies will all work
with the original COA/license and can be installed on ONE
computer. If it is a retail version, it can be removed and
installed on a series of computers, one at a time. If it is
an OEM CD from MS, then it can be installed only on the same
computer [which can be upgraded as time passes]. If you
built it yourself, you the builder get to decide when it
isn't an upgrade and becomes a new computer.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| You have a right to privacy but as I mentioned I don't
think that there is
| copy protection on MS discs. Nero should work fine. If it
doesn't then there
| is likely another problem. It could be related to hardware
issues, or one of
| the problems listed at Alex Nichol's site. If you could
supply the exact
| message that Nero is reporting I might be able to sort it
for you but
| without the title of the MS app I can't tell if it is copy
protected.
|
| You are correct in that a disc will have DVD or CD written
on it.
|
| --
|
| Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
|
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|
|
| || Hello again, thanks again to all of you for the help. I
hope you don't
| mind,
|| I like to keep the "what" to myself. It's a corporate
version of a
| software
|| that we have permission to use at home, because I work at
home as well.
| The
|| reason I'm thinking of wanting a copy, because other
version of the same
|| software asked me to insert the CD for an update or
something like that.
|| Since I don't carry the CD with me at all times, I feel
kind of "not safe"
|| So I like a copy in the event I need to insert it for an
update. That is
| the
|| truth of the matter............ I don't think it is a
DVD. Wouldn't it say
|| on the media, if it is a DVD. Since it is only 200 some
MB it doesn't make
|| sense to waste a DVD on the item. Just my
thoughts..........Peter
||
|| || > Peter there is no such thing as a -CD or a +CD. There
are CD-R and
| CD-R/W
|| > discs. However the "-" doesn't denote anything other
than being there
| for
|| > spelling purposes to separate the letters "CD" from the
letters "R" or
|| > "R/W".
|| >
|| > On the other hand the "-" and "+" are important if you
are using DVD
|| > discs. But then you need to have a DVD writer as these
do not work with
| a
|| > standard CD Writer. A DVD -R or DVD +R are totally
different formats
| from
|| > each other. While most new DVD Writers can write to
either -R or +R
| media
|| > there are older DVD writers that will only use the
format designed for
|| > that burner. For example a DVD-R/DVD-R/W writer will
not burn to DVD +R
| or
|| > DVD +R/W discs. Hope I'm not confusing you too much
here
|| >
|| > Back to CloneCD. If you are using a DVD disc in a CD
Writer, the writer
|| > will not recognize the disc as writeable media. That
might be a reason
| why
|| > CloneCD doesn't like the disc. On the other hand if you
have a DVD
| writer
|| > and using a DVD disc I think you need to use the
correct version of
|| > CloneCD which would be CloneDVD
http://www.slysoft.com/en/clonedvd.html
|| >
|| > CloneDVD is only for copying DVDs and CloneCD is only
for copying CDs.
|| >
|| > CD Burning in XP can be the pits sometimes. You may
wish to check Alex
|| > Nichol's site here and see if anything in the Problem's
section fits for
|| > you
http://www.aumha.org/a/xpcd.htm
|| >
|| > By the way what specific Microsoft program are you
trying to copy. As
| far
|| > as I know Microsoft doesn't use copy protection on
their software.
|| >
|| > --
|| >
|| > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
|| >
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|| >
|| >
|| > || >> Hello Harry again, is there a + CD? I'm trying to
write to a -CD. On
| the
|| >> original CD that I'm trying to copy, there are +++ on
the CD. I'm not
|| >> sure what that means, but I like to see if that is
|| >> possible?..........Peter
|| >>
|| >> || >>> Have you tried here
http://www.slysoft.com/en/clonecd.html
|| >>>
|| >>> In case you are wondering how I found the site I went
to
|
www.google.com
|| >>> and did a search for clonecd
|| >>>
|| >>> Peter do you have your Popup Blocker turned on? If
you have installed
|| >>> Windows XP SP2 there is a popup blocker in Internet
Explorer under the
|| >>> Tools menu. Also once you have SP2 installed Internet
Explorer with
|| >>> prompt you before it downloads a file. A thin yellow
bar will appear
| at
|| >>> the top of the webpage you are downloading from.
Click the yellow bar
| if
|| >>> you want to start a download.
|| >>>
|| >>> --
|| >>>
|| >>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
|| >>>
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|| >>>
|| >>>
|| >>> || >>>>I have my own original version of a MS software CD
that I like to
| copy.
|| >>>>Nero 6 Ultra Edition will not allow me to copy it.
Because of copy
|| >>>>protection. So I went on a NG and was told that Clone
CD is a good
|| >>>>product, and it will copy my copy protected program.
I just can't get
|| >>>>the damn thing to download, every site comes up with
a damn error
|| >>>>message about not being authorized to view this page.
Besides 4
| million
|| >>>>pop-ups, and spyware on top of it. I guess they don't
want me to get
| it.
|| >>>>I was looking for a trial version, and I would not
hesitate to buy it
| if
|| >>>>it works one time. Is there a site where I can get
it?. I don't want
| to
|| >>>>do anything illegal etc. About not being able to copy
the MS program,
| I
|| >>>>think it sucks. I paid for it, and I want a backup
copy. Every once in
| a
|| >>>>while I need to stick it in to the CD drive, and I
can't find the damn
|| >>>>original. Honestly, no other reason then that. I'm a
senior citizen, I
|| >>>>know we can be pretty bad as well, but not this guy.
Any help is
|| >>>>appreciated.............Peter
|| >>>
|| >>>
|| >>
|| >
|| >
||
|
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