Just one more thing to add to this:
Two days before I left Canada, I wsa still experiencing Aero shutdown when using Nero. I am now back "home" in Korea and burned a dvd using Nero 7 today. It did...

@dadrian
#1) I meant built in as in inside a desktop box as opposed to externally usb connected. Sorry for not anticipating your ignorance. Guess I should have said 'internal'.
#2) Everything I've...

@ Blade
Dunno where you live but in my part of the world (usually S Korea), these TB drives are often now built into the computer.
A friend of mine (IT professional) also has one. His time was...

Sorry for the side track.
Have you checked the jumper setting on the TB drives? Simple, I know. But sometimes forgotten.

If that's not the problem, maybe try them hooked up to a usb connection...

I haven't tried Nero 9 yet. Thanks for the warning!

I have two usb powered 2.5" drives (100/160GB) I use for transferring files to/from an older machine still in use and for watching movies from. (older machine (P4/XP Pro) will not recognize my newer...

I agree with kaninelupus. Ya gotta format first. Have fun partitioning. Vista's partitioning tool is brutal and I've read third party tools are not Vista friendly. I, too, am the proud owner of two...

I'm still wondering why it worked for so long with no problems and which of my custom settings were the (accidental) work-around.
I hate the newer Nero 8.xxx. I had it on my other 'puter. Too...

Thanks for your help, Suspishio

Not to be argumentative... but I did state all that in the first post of this thread.. Also, I've been running the same set up for over a year with NO problems. I'm running Nero 7.5.9.0
Why...

I just started Nero to get Aero to shut down. It did. I then opened the reg editor to see if anything changed there. Everything there looks as it did (I compared the screenshots). Kind of expected...

Slept thru my thinking. Was going to add:
Aero only shuts down and reverts to 'standard' when I attempt to burn a DVD with Nero. Leaves the space behind the sidebar all white as well as all regular...

You are correct. It is running Aero right now and that is the desktop peeking through! It's nearly 8:00AM and I've been up all night. I really need to catch some shuteye
Here's the theme info:
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It took a bit of doing. I hope this is what you are looking for (I have no idea how to copy text from the editor so these are screenshots. The file name will tell you which folder they belong to):...

Yes, colour is set at 32. That hasn't changed. Prior to this problem, I have never had any problems with Aero. Or Nero. Have been running them both for well over a year on this machine (and no...

There is nothing Nero that I can see in the tray. When I uninstalled Nero and my AV, I also made sure all remnants (registry etc) were purged of them before reinstalling.
I'm not sure what you mean...

The only item listed there is "Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family" and it says it is working properly.

Pulling my hair out!...

After first discovering some of the problems, I:
--Ran System Restore -only one date available. Attempted a second time and discovered NO Restore Points. All had disappeared.
--defragged with...

On a recent pass thru the airport, my tablet pc experienced an alien force. All my settings reverted back to (I assume) defaut, causing auto downloading of unwanted updates. After fixing all that I...

Thanks for the advice. If only I had thought of doing a backup before the changes... I installed IE7 (had been using IE6) last night hoping that would fix it. Cpu still hates IE running flash. Will...

GypsyTeaRoom may have got it working but mine doesn't. I have xp pro sp2 and Explorer runs my processor to 100% everytime I encounter (certain?) flash objects. Installed new OS (xp pro sp2 as well)...