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Summary: Buyer beware!
Review: This software is technically complicated. Roxio technical support is one of the worst, if not the worst, I have encountered.
One part of the suite of programs invariably causes other programs in the suite to fail. This is the same company that included "Take Two" with Easy Creator 5. This was a program that allowed you to back up your system to CD's. After about a year, they announced (very discretely!) that the program could cause problems with various operating systems and that it should be uninstalled immediately. There was no offer to compensate those that paid for this software. Even after that debacle, the tech support has not improved. If you want to talk by phone, for most it is your long distance call, and the wait time is long. In some cases you may end up paying more for the long distance call than you paid for the software. Bad news! Try Nero 5.5, PictureIt, and RealOne Player. a much better combination.
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Summary: Dumbfounded
Review: Almost every single negative review is from someone running Windows XP. Hello? Why fault decent software because you're running a crippled OS? Thank you all for the good belly laugh I had reading these reviews. This version, as someone mentioned, is no more without its faults than prior Roxio products, it's true. But that doesn't make it a bad piece of software. It's just not perfect. Run it on a less laughable OS and it's worth every penny. I wouldn't want to see anyone deterred from purchasing it because of a few reviews from folks running XP (unless you're running XP yourself, in which case, by all means pay attention to them). If you're going to lambast the software, then point the finger at the common denominator- and in this case it isn't Easy CD Creator 6.
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Summary: Buy something else
Review: Roxio will not copy files from a networked drive properly. You will get the directory tree structure, and the file names entered into the FAT. This leads you to believe you have copied the files you need. But when it comes time to read those files, the come up empty! This product is nowhere near worth the price they are asking.
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Summary: Warning: Roxio Easy CD and Win XP compatibility problems
Review: Just to add my own experience to those of other recent reviews... I installed v.6 on Win XP home edition and upon reboot, the system was completely unuseable! I am a programmer by profession and a hardware enthusiasist with experience building systems from the ground up. It took me three days to recover the system. ...just my 2 cents worth, but I thought you should be aware.
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Summary: Installation & Support Problems
Review: In short, the software does not install correctly and has also killed my DVD/CD Rom Drive.
I am running XP on a Dell Dimension 8100. After installation, Norton Utilities shows that there are Registry items that reference missing Applications, DLLs, and other files types. My CD-RW Drive works fine, but my _NEC DV-5800A DVD\CD ROM drive cannot read any CD or DVD. The ROM drive will Spin occasionally and freeze any open drive windows until the disk is removed. Uninstalling Roxio returns the drive to normal. I can see from Roxio's Chat site that this is a common problem with this drive, but so far no fix has been offered. I have Emailed their support, but have only received an acknowledgement of the support request. The registry problems, the Drive problems and the poor support would indicate that this software is not ready for market.
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Summary: Easy & Great Slide Show Maker
Review: I have used about all versions of Roxio CD-Maker even buggy Verson 5. The new drag and drop icon works great. I have tried other cd-creator software, but none as work as easy or quick as Roxie. Install was breeze. I notice if I use no-name CD-R my system will hangup with any errors. I would said it is good buy.
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Summary: SuperStar!
Review: I am astonished at the price point! What a bargain! Wow, the new Creator 6 has dramatically improved its user interface, its ease of use, tons of new features and it installed on my computer without any hiccups. No more coasters for me!
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Summary: THIS COMPLETELY CRASHED MY WINDOWS XP BEYOND REPAIR
Review: I had the same problem as the last writer. I tried installing version 6 with version 5 already installed. During the install process, I was prompted to remove version 5 because the 2 versions cannot be on the same machine. After the installation completed, the system prompted me to reboot. Upon bootup, I got an error stating that my c:\windows\system32\config\system file was corrupted. I tried restoring it, which got my computer back up into windows just so I can do my last backups of my key files. Next, since things were already screwed up, I decided that I might as well repartiton my drives using Partition Commander. Things were going ok, until all of a sudden my computer froze up. You know what happened next, my partitions got destroyed. I wasn't upset, since I had all my important stuff backed up. I reinstalled XP and get what, after my first reboot from updating Windows via the automatic update, my computer had some sort of fatal error and the computer kept rebooting. I couldn't restore it in safe mode and the repair console didn't work. So I had to do some research on my 2nd computer and I determined that the NTFS partitons were still screwed up. I had to reinstall Windows XP Pro again! So after updating all the files for about 3 hours, I said to myself, let me try reinstalling CD Creator 6 before I install anything else. Everything seemed ok during the installation, until I rebooted. The first thing I tried to do is connect to the internet. I clicked on the Explorer icon. Nothing happened!! I tried clicking on some other icons, Nothing happend again! I finally had to "reset" my computer. Guess what, now my DSOUND.DLL file got corrupted. This prevented any sounds from playing. I had to copy the file from my laptop to my main computer. If I run into any more problems in regards to this program, I will send it back to Roxio. I bought it off their web site... I hope my review helps. DBR
3/3/02
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Summary: Can't trust it!
Review: I have to agree with the review written by frashii on 02/12/2003, once I went to Win XP I had nothing but problems with the OS. I experienced crash after crash, then finally one morning I too could not boot my system past the bios. I had to reinstall XP with a new format and clean install. I chose not to try it anymore and I have had no problems with XP since. I like the features but it just doesn't give you any peace of mind. I moving on.
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Summary: Caveat Emptor (Let The Buyer Beware!)
Review: I've had years of experience with Roxio (nee Adaptec) products; most of the experiences were frustrating. Prospective buyers would do well to heed the warnings given by a couple of the featured reviewers.
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